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Families of soldiers serving in Iraq and vets joined a recent demonstration in Washington
Unlike demonstrations against the war in Vietnam during the 1960s, which featured scruffy, long-haired leftists and �hippies,� the Oct. 25 protests in Washington drew from a diverse crowd on both the left and right. . . . They marched in-step and shoulders squared with dozens of military families demanding that their husbands, sons, brothers and sweethearts �come home now!� . . . Carrying poster-sized photos of their loved ones standing proudly in dress uniforms, they raised a banner that read: �Bush Says Bring�em On, We Say Bring�em Home Now!� . . . About 300 military families, part of the 1,000-member Military Families Speak Out, also joined the anti-war march. They marched behind a banner reading: �Military Families Say Bring Them Home Now!� . . . �We honor and support our troops, but we are deeply opposed to the mission on which Mr. Bush has sent them,� said Stephen Cleghorn, a member of Families Speak Out who lives in the capital. . . . �I don�t think there�s any reason for war,� said Anne Alvalleee, 44, of Massachusetts. She said her father fought in Normandy in World War II. . . . The father of a Marine killed shortly after the invasion of Iraq began said the president lied. �President Bush has lied to the entire world about this war,� said Fernando de Solar Suarez of Escondido, Calif. His son Jesus was killed in action. He drew heavy applause from the crowd with these words: �We need to make Mr. Bush understand he�s not the owner of the lives of our children.� . . . Fred and Marianne D�Amato of Mount Ponono, Pa., carried pictures of their son Christopher, who is a reservist in Iraq. Fred served in Vietnam with the Navy for two years. . . . �They can�t speak up because they�re in the military, but we can,� said Marianne. �Osama bin Laden is still out there. That�s been forgotten. Instead, what does Bush do? He kills thousands of Iraqis. They�re picking our troops off . . . this is an unconstitutional war.�

posted by Lorenzo 8:25 PM