> Article & Essay: War Veterans Gather To Stop A New War
Angry military veterans attack “an administration of chickenhawks” who demand the blood of another generation of US soldiers and marines -- blood these macho-posturing, drum-beating hyper-"patriotic" middle age warriors refused to risk in theiryouth. By Stewart Nusbaumer
An enthusiastic crowd of approximately 200 military veterans jammed the hall of the Martin Luther King Labor Center in New York City yesterday to oppose a war with Iraq. The largest meeting of antiwar veterans in many years, the “Protest Meeting & Speakout Against War with Iraq and In Defense of Constitutional Rights” attracted a diverse group of veterans and their spouses. All, however, agreed an invasion of Iraq is wrong; all appeared to express a determination that the Bush Administration must be stopped. “This is crazy,” said Ed, a Navy veteran of World War II, “I really think the Bush people don't care about the guys in the military. They only care about the oil and the money. <snip, click http://www.interventionmag.com > -- Michael Pugliese