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Anti-war veterans protest at RNC

31 August, 2008 01:30:00
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image Iraq War veterans march in St. Paul. (Image: theworld.org)

About 100 Iraq War veterans are in St. Paul to give Republicans a piece of their mind.

About 100 Iraq War veterans are in St. Paul to march from the Minnesota State Capitol to the Xcel Energy Center, where the Republican National Convention is taking place.

The veterans were in Denver last week to get their message to the Democrats; this week, they're in St. Paul to give Republicans a piece of their mind.

A spokesperson for the group summed up the purpose of the demonstration: "We have three points of unity: Bring the troops home now, immediately withdraw all U.S. occupying forces in Iraq; help veterans get the care that they deserve and need; and ... help Iraq rebuild their country and culture."

Iraq Veterans Against the War does not support either John McCain or Barack Obama for president; nor do they agree with either candidate's plan for Iraq.

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Comments (1 posted):

Andrew Yu-Jen Wang on 02 October, 2008 10:24:59
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George W. Bush’s sentence-by-sentence speaking skills are deteriorating. Apparently, this may be due to a mental illness called “presenile dementia.” Bush may or may not be secretly still drinking heavily. Bush lied, and thousands of people died. Bush suffers from narcissism and megalomania. Moreover, Bush has been arrested three times. Bush was arrested for disorderly conduct. Bush was arrested for stealing. Bush was also arrested for a serious crime—driving under the influence of alcohol. There are reasons to believe that Bush suffers from a learning disability. Bush’s learning disability would explain a lot of things. All in all, Bush is a severely mentally ill individual. Bush is not fit to be the president of the United States.

Anti-war protesters are great.

Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA

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