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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Protectors, Not Protestors

Yesterday, Michael Medved questioned the need and the effectiveness of "both sides" having "protestors" in Washington, DC for the "peace" march.

I don't see the "Eagles" as being protestors, but rather in this case - protectors.

This is not to say that all of the anti-war protestors would engage in acts of vandalism, but all it takes is a few diehard anarchists with spray cans and then the mob mentality takes over. We saw that at the march a few weeks ago when the Capitol Hill police allowed vandals to spray paint the Capitol steps. We have seen anarchist-led protests turn into riots in Seattle, San Francisco, and elsewhere. They have a history.

As for the Eagles, they are not there to "bust heads", though some of them might want to when confronted by the criminal stupidity and treasonous behavior of some of the Moonbats.

The National Park police, DC police, etc., can get "gunched up" by Political Correctness and the worry over lawsuits from Leftist lawyers. Such things are less of a concern to average citizens engaged in the protection of national memorial sites.

The citizens of "flyover country" understand the traditions of this nation and understand that we have a pretty good home, despite its human flaws.

We saw how Washington, DC was taken over by protestors during the late-1960s and 1970s. It is a different world now and we know that at least some of the Vietnam-era peace protests were likely orchestrated by the Kremlin. And those that use Vietnam-era protests as a template are continuing the "fine tradition" of being "useful idiots", this time for a different enemy.

Pam Meister has this American Thinker article, to which Rush Limbaugh linked, on the Gathering of Eagles. Brainster has this contribution on the subject, too.

The Vietnam War protests caught "Middle America" by surprise at a time when we were absorbing other aspects of cultural changes. Some of these changes were needed and some of them were not. And sometimes it takes years to tell the difference between the needed and the harmful.

We weren't used to widespread protests during wartime. We weren't used to college campuses being taken over and vandalized by protestors. And we didn't know about the long-term damage caused by these internal division of our population, when those internal weaknesses were used by an enemy to guide their actions.

While the protestors can continue their peaceful activities, we do need a resolute counter-presence to remind them that unlike the Vietnam-era, this time they won't be unanswered.

Michelle Malkin has linked to an Indepundit post on the march. The Indepundit post is very informative on all of the Anarchist/Socialist players that probably wished they lived in Cuba or Venezuela.

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