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From "190 arrested at D.C. protest."

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert "Buzz" Patterson, speaking from a stage to crowds clad in camouflage, American flag bandanas and Harley Davidson jackets, said he wanted to send three messages.

"Congress, quit playing games with our troops. Terrorists, we will find you and kill you," he said. "And to our troops, we're here for you, and we support you."

That's a report of a smaller counter-protest a few blocks away. But the irony is that it also describes the dress & the views of many people who are against the war. & it's a challenge for the anti-war movement; the necessity of broadening the activist war opposition, which has to be kicked up to a another level now. For a start, it's time to gently ease Cindy Sheehan off the stage, with grateful thanks, & replace her with war veterans, officers & enlisted. Bring out the bikers & the American flag bandanas. Make it clear that we do want bin Laden & his minions; that we stand with all those who have endured terrible terrorist attacks around the world, that we love America & that we believe the Bush/Cheney junta has made us weaker, not stronger; that our miltary has been misused & abused by this adminstration. Let's bring the troops back, give the Guard & Reserves a break, refit, regroup, rethink our strategy & tactics, listen to our allies like Great Britain. Bush has told us what he's going to do; screw the troops, screw the American people. There's no choice but to push back, hard, at Bush, at Congress, & at the presidential candidates.

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