WP/AP: War Opponents Want Troops to Come Home

[PhilipShore]

January 27, 2007
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/27/AR2007012700249.html


WASHINGTON -- Opponents of the war in Iraq want their protest on the National Mall to launch a nationwide movement to bring the troops home.

A small group of active-duty military troops will attend the protest, said Navy petty officer Jonathan Hutto. The sailor, stationed about the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, said he planned to speak.

Cynthia O. Smith, a Defense Department spokeswoman, said members of the Armed Forces can speak out, subject to several restrictions. They must not do so in uniform, and they must make clear that they do not speak on behalf of their military unit, their service or the Defense Department, unless authorized to do so, she said.

The rally was scheduled as congressional opposition to the war is building. The Senate is considering nonbinding resolutions that would state opposition to Bush sending the extra forces to Iraq.

[rodeodance]

1. great to see them get some coverage. I hope they are safe.

[ClintonTyree]

2. I think there's already a national movement.....

to bring the troops home. It's not the American people that need convincing, it's "The Decider". The will of the very people who didn't elect him means nothing to him. He views himself as our country's dictator, beholding to no one but his corporate masters.

I wish these folks the best along with every other American who is hitting the streets today in protest today. :patriot:

[PSPS]

3. The headline should read, "Country Wants Troops to Come Home"

[cyberpj]

4. Everyone seems to be lazily using the same AP article. nt