American Legion?

Quoted from the Arkansas Times Weblog 8/24/05:

http://www.arktimes.com/Weblogs/WeblogItemDetail.aspx?WebLogItemID=5daf6851-1b86-4761-af27-f8f5eee4d2f9&WeblogID=dabe8285-8214-4a72-ae7c-7ed16bb5ed5b

And you think we exaggerate?
It has come to this, from Editor & Publisher:
NEW YORK The American Legion,
which has 2.7 million members, has declared war on antiwar protestors, and
the
media could be next. Speaking at its national convention in Honolulu,
the
group's national commander called for an end to all “public protests”
and “media
events” against the war, constitutional protections be damned.
"The American
Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would
demoralize our troops,
or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging
terrorists to continue their
cowardly attacks against freedom-loving
peoples," Thomas Cadmus, national
commander, told delegates at the group's
national convention in Honolulu.
... Cadmus explained, "No one respects the
right to protest more than one
who has fought for it, but we hope that
Americans will present their views in
correspondence to their elected
officials rather than by public media events
guaranteed to be picked up and
used as tools of encouragement by our enemies."
This might suggest to some,
however, that American freedoms are worth dying for,
but not exercising.
And if the American Legion doesn't stop you from
publicly protesting,
the D-G will be on hand to mock you.
Dude, who stole
our country?

My response:


Ok....when was the last time the "enemy" used pictures of war protesters in the U.S for their propaganda? Seems like it is the U.S. soldier in a foreign land (captured great, dead even better) that is their most powerful propaganda. The infidel soldier on holy land is the most powerful motivation for violence and resistance for the "enemy." If the Legion doesn't like antiwar protest how about we just call it anti-leadership protest? We do need to support our troops even more in these times....I would be scared shitless if I knew I was headed out to Iraq these days with piss-poor equipment made for the deer woods and not a war zone (I could buy a Hummer at my local dealer). Maybe anti-leadership protests ARE a better way of viewing the protesting....we need to protest our leaders who have created this situation with every avenue possible....whether through the media, on the street corner or at the gates of the White House. There are voices to be heard and they need to be louder and stronger than the minority of those who now support the handling of the war.

By the way, where is the impeachment call....other presidents have faced impeachment trials for less.