"Peace" Protestors in Portland Burn an Effigy of a United States Soldier

Burning an Effigy of a United States Soldier is a Great Example of Peace, Don't You Think?

Donna H. Davey, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Mar 19, 2007 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

How often do we read something on the internet that has the ability to really affect our emotions? Not often, at least in my experiences. I tend to avoid what I'm not interested in, won't appreciate or find offensive.

With that said, every once in a while I'll follow a link to read stories that are not endlessly regurgitated by the MSM.

Today I came across a blog called Little Green Footballs -- you know-- the blog that broke the story about the forged documents about President George W. Bush that Dan Rather passed off as fact during the election season of 2004.

Any how, Little Green Footballs exposed a peace protest in Portland, Oregon that occurred on March 18th 2007; Anti-war demonstrators burned an American flag and a United States soldier in effigy. Also shown was the charming photograph of a large white sign that read, "F**k the troops!"

I can feel the love, can't you? What happened to "support the troops?"

I'd like also like to thank the media for humping this story and showing these enlightening images so that Americans can see all sides of the news. That's the media's job, is it not? Wait, never mind -- I think most of us know the answer to that.

I will state that my family has fought in quite a few wars to preserve the right of freedom of speech and the right for these unpatriotic fools to protest against their own country and the men and women who make it possible for them to do so. If they claim to be anti-war then why are they so violent? Maybe it's because they want to fight for something but they are too afraid to fight for the right thing. Ultimately, they want others to fight for them, or as George Orwell once stated: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

The words and actions of these demonstrators are such a contradiction; they are all for 'peace' but only on their terms, making their idea of peace conditional, which makes it worthless. And people wonder why war will remain with us so long as there are two human beings on the planet? It's because people are unwilling to get along -- they can't get along!

Without the military these cowards wouldn't have the right to freedom of speech nor the luxury to preach against fighting, and the people who sacrifice so they won't have to.

Not to mention, they can enjoy their safe little lives because of the courageous, selfless actions of men and women better than themselves. Soldiers, in my opinion, are the ones who should be put on a pedestal because they give all and receive the least and I truly believe that the lack of bravery is why so many of these fruit loops are anti-military. They can't seem to comprehend that men and women willingly serve not because they are "less educated," (thank you John Kerry) but simply, among many reasons, because they have more courage in their pinkies than in the elitist, condescending bodies of those who parade around condemning them.

It's so easy for armchair warriors to sit back and accuse. Between them and the ~~one party~~ media, we have enemies at home as well as abroad and both would love to see the United States defeated. I guess that they just feel guilty that they've never accomplished anything meaningful in their lives and they hate people who do.

Personally, I think we need to round up all the enemies at home and send them to one of the countries that they endlessly praise to live out the rest of their lives. Who wants to bet that they would beg for the United States military to rescue them within a month?

In closing, it's been noted many times that ungrateful anti-Americans, including those in the media, and the ones who scream out accusations from the safety of this great land, love to bash America right here in America, but only because good, loyal, patriotic men and women risked everything they had, including their lives, from the past to the present to give them that right.

...Perhaps they should be on our side for a change.

Published by Donna H. Davey

View profile