I HAVE POSTED, BELOW, A YOUTUBE VIDEO SHOWING OUR VETERANS MARCHING FOR PEACE.
I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THEM.
DANIEL ELLSBERG MARCHED WITH THESE VETERANS...WHO WERE MARCHING IN BITTER COLD IN WASHINGTON, D.C., PROTESTING THE ENDLESS WARS AND EXPECTING TO BE ARRESTED FOR DOING SO. IT SADDENED ME TO SEE THESE PEACEFUL VETERANS ASKING TO BE ARRESTED TO MAKE THEIR POINT--AND THE POLICE SILENTLY CARRYING THEM OFF.
YES, THEY PUT THEIR BODIES ON THE LINE -- VETS LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ARRESTED --IN ORDER TO BRING HOPE FOR PEACE!
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
VETERAN CHRIS HEDGES SPOKE POWERFULLY.
SO DID OTHERS, SUCH AS THIS VETERAN, WHO WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS FILMED -- A MAN WHO WAS SIMPLY STANDING THERE, SPEAKING TO THE CAMERAS. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID:
"THERE WAS NOTHING GOOD,NOBLE OR TRUE ABOUT THAT WAR...I DID MY JOB...AND I KNEW THAT THOSE WERE JUST PEOPLE TRYING TO DEFEND THEIR HOMES...YOU CAN'T LIVE KNOWING THAT YOU TOOK HUMAN LIFE AND NOT COME BACK AND TRY CHANGING THE SYSTEM THAT [PUT YOU THERE.].
"HOPE DEMANDS FOR OTHERS WHAT WE DEMAND FOR OURSELVES...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE PRACTICAL...THE CYNICS...THE DEFEATED...THE FEARFUL...HOPE IS WHAT THIS CORPORATE STATE IS DETERMINED TO CRUSH...BUY OUR PRODUCTS---WITHOUT THEM, YOU ARE WORTHLESS...ABOVE ALL,DO NOT THINK--OBEY!"
"THEY SAY....THESE WARS ARE PROTECTING AMERICAN CITIZENS...A BIG LIE...BY CREATING UNIVERSAL HOSTILITY TO US IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, [OBAMA] IS RECRUITING ALQUAEDA AND GIVING COMFORT TO THE ENEMY...."
DANIEL ELLSBERG
CONCERNING THE UTTER FAILURE OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO THE PEOPLE, TO THEIR NEEDS, AND TO THEIR DESIRE TO STOP WAGING ENDLESS WARS, ONE VETERAN SAID "THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE TRIED TO GET ARRESTED...BECAUSE IT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT AT THIS POINT...IF WE DON'T DO THIS,WE DIE...THIS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT OF HOPE IN THIS COUNTRY..."
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