American Legion Declares War On Protestors - Media Next?

American Legion Declares War on Protestors -- Media Next?

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/ea..._id=1001020671

By E&P Staff
Published: August 24, 2005 4:20 PM ET

NEW YORK The American Legion, which has 2.7 million members, has declared war on antiwar protestors, and the media could be next. Speaking at its national convention in Honolulu, the group's national commander called for an end to all “public protests” and “media events” against the war, even though they are protected by the Bill of Rights.

"The American Legion will stand against anyone and any group that would demoralize our troops, or worse, endanger their lives by encouraging terrorists to continue their cowardly attacks against freedom-loving peoples," Thomas Cadmus, national commander, told delegates at the group's national convention in Honolulu.

The delegates voted to use whatever means necessary to "ensure the united backing of the American people to support our troops and the global war on terrorism."

In his speech, Cadmus declared: "It would be tragic if the freedoms our veterans fought so valiantly to protect would be used against their successors today as they battle terrorists bent on our destruction.”

He explained, "No one respects the right to protest more than one who has fought for it, but we hope that Americans will present their views in correspondence to their elected officials rather than by public media events guaranteed to be picked up and used as tools of encouragement by our enemies." This might suggest to some, however, that American freedoms are worth dying for but not exercising.

Without mentioning any current protestor, such as Cindy Sheehan, by name, Cadmus recalled: "For many of us, the visions of Jane Fonda glibly spouting anti-American messages with the North Vietnamese and protestors denouncing our own forces four decades ago is forever etched in our memories. We must never let that happen again….

"We had hoped that the lessons learned from the Vietnam War would be clear to our fellow citizens. Public protests against the war here at home while our young men and women are in harm's way on the other side of the globe only provide aid and comfort to our enemies."

Resolution 3, which was passed unanimously by 4,000 delegates to the annual event, states: "The American Legion fully supports the president of the United States, the United States Congress and the men, women and leadership of our armed forces as they are engaged in the global war on terrorism and the troops who are engaged in protecting our values and way of life."

Cadmus advised: "Let's not repeat the mistakes of our past. I urge all Americans to rally around our armed forces and remember our fellow Americans who were viciously murdered on Sept. 11, 2001."

There are so many things wrong with their statements, I don't even know where to begin.

they'll have to receive these messages then...and I'll let them know about the depleted uranium too. Support our Oops!

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Vets see the opposition as a protest against policy, not them or their service.

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/...210332/1006%7D

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http://thinkprogress.org/2005/08/24/68-troops/

Fuckin hell! Ever heard of the Freikorps before?

From Spartacus Schoolnet: "After the First World War former senior officers in the German Army began raising private armies [mostly composed of newly unemployed ex-soldiers] called Freikorps. These were used to defend the German borders against the possibility of invasion from the Red Army. Later they were used against attempts at revolution in Germany.

General Franz Epp led 30,000 soldiers to crush the Bavarian Socialist Republic in March, 1919. It is estimated that Epp's men killed over 600 communists and socialists over the next few weeks.

Herman Ehrhardt, a former naval commander and Wolfgang Kapp, a right-wing journalist, led a group of soldiers to take control of Berlin in March 1920. The Kapp Putsch was defeated by a general strike of trade unionists and Kapp was forced to flee to Sweden.

The Freikorps were dissolved in 1921 and later many of them joined Sturm Abteilung (SA - Storm Section), the private army of Adolf Hitler."

http://www.kriegsreisende.de/relikte.../freikorps.jpg


Also, its interesting to note the Freikorps symbol... a Skull and Bones... :P

Of course there is always hitler's own words...

"My program for educating youth is hard. Weakness must be hammered away. In my castles of the Teutonic Order a youth will grow up before which the world will tremble. I want a brutal, domineering, fearless, cruel youth. Youth must be all that. It must bear pain. There must be nothing weak and gentle about it. The free, splendid beast of prey must once again flash from its eyes...That is how I will eradicate thousands of years of human domestication...That is how I will create the New Order." -- Adolf Hitler, 1933.

Bush/Hitler/Napoleon: A Pattern of Megalomania

President Louis Bonaparte (Napoleon's nephew) abolished the Legislative Assembly and appointed Napoleon Bonaparte as first consul of France on November 9th, 1799. Not long after Napoleon took office an assassination attempt was carried out against him on Christmas Eve of 1800. Napoleon used the atmosphere of fear and confusion surrounding the failed attack to suppress the Directorial Constitution and set up rule by a consul of three in which he was the head.

http://sianews.com/modules.php?name=...ticle&sid=1045

i'm not against america or it's troops just the war. they are idiots. american legion... i'll have to do a google on them cause i've never heard of them.