Support the troops caravan makes stop at Griffith Park

[PatGund]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-rally10mar10,0,5264717.story?coll=la-home-headlines

"Debra Argel Bastian, of Lompoc, is traveling with the caravan. Her son, Capt. Derek Argel, was killed in Iraq, yet she still supports his decision to serve. She also said the United States needs to stay in Iraq to finish the job.

"These colors don't run," she said, referring to the theme of the caravan, which is collecting flags along each stop and plans to display them in Washington later this month.

(snip)

Mark Crowley, of Tracy, is also traveling with the caravan. His son, Lance Cpl. Kyle D. Crowley, was killed in Iraq in April 2004 at age 18.

"It's not easy to outlive children. Many have died for these colors," he said. And anyone who doesn't support the colors, he said, should get out of the country."

[Monkeyman]

1. I support the Colors I do not and will not support the war

[muntrv]

2. We support the colors. We don't support the war or the man conducting it.

[struggle4progress]

3. Move America Forward (Right Web)

... MAF regards Bolton as one of the few U.S. diplomats who can “stand up to the ‘Blame America First’ crowd at the United Nations.” In one of its television ads, MAF highlights Kofi Annan’s purported “close association” with Yasser Arafat, Saddam Hussein, and Fidel Castro, while in the same alarmist tone labeling the UN as a “corrupt, anti-American body.” Even though the UN Secretary General was absolved of any involvement in the Oil for Food scandal, MAF has continued to vilify this leader, implying that the UN supports terrorism ...

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1512

It's sad to see these bereaved families used as puppets by the rightwing noise machine

[Monkeyman]

4. These Families are hurting they cannot admit to them selfs

their lost has been for lies. It happened during Vietnam

[LynnTheDem]

5. Some day perhaps these family members will realize their loved ones are DEAD

for a politician's pile of LIES.

And that, like it or not, is a FACT.