Pictures to come… I took a total of 147. Some from the mobs, some from the groups, pics of my Dad and I, and of the march.

So how was it? Peaceful. From the time we arrived (1:30pm) to the time we left (3:30) the march progressed peacefully. Men and Women of all Ages and races showed up to support the anti-war movement. My experience and my dad’s (a Vietnam vet) experience was something on the order of “wow.”

I would guess about 20-30,000 showed up to protest against the Iraq war. Everyone seemed to be with the bigger peace movement, but at the same time have their own agenda like: No war in Iran, Vets against the war, Moms against the war, __X__ for peace (“X” is your occupation), and other groups. The spot seemed good for the masses that turned up, the march was great and the weather was great.

During the march, you heard mantras like:

“Peace…Now!…Peace…Now!” “Buck Fush” and others… however…

Getting home and turning on the T.V. just aggravated me. Of course the News was reporting not on the protest, but on a faction group and the massive police response. Argg! Why? Well it’s news I suppose, but from what I’ve said here please understand that this was completely clean, safe, and fun for all ages. The point was peaceful protesting and a couple of ‘rebels’ made a choice to dirty that image and for what cause? Rebellion? idiots.

Here’s the whole point… it’s been 4 years with a lot of people dead. Technically if you look at why we’re in Iraq, it’s because of the alleged “WMDs”…. War atrocities are happening now. The small group of Marines who killed 28 or so Iraqi civilians because they ‘thought’ they were terrorists are being prosecuted, Guantanamo has happened, Falluja happened, there’s been a lot of stuff that has happened and little progress is to be had on the whole matter. It is time to leave and let the people settle the dirt between them. Truth be told, there isn’t many arguments for keeping a military presence there. That’s what the group yesterday came out (in numbers) to say and now you’ve heard it from me.

~J out

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