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Gathering Eagles
“How many times have you sat in front of the television over the last four years, watching antiwar activists march on Washington, chase the ROTC off your local college campus, vandalize war memorials, insult the troops, and wreak havoc under the surrender banner?
How many times have you thought to yourself: What can I do?
Here is the answer: Get off the sofa and join the Gathering of Eagles on March 17 in Washington, D.C. On that day, well-funded, celebrity-studded antiwar groups plan to march to the Pentagon on a protest route that will take them past the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and climax in calls for immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, destruction of America’s “global military machine,” shutdown of the enemy combatant detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay and impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney (plus an end to “colonial occupation” in “Palestine, Haiti, and everywhere” for good measure).”
“Cindy Sheehan has responded to the Eagles by deriding them on the Gold Star Families for Peace website as “Rightest [sic] America Haters” who are “brainwashed and propagandized.”
The question isn’t, “What can I do to respond to the Sheehanistas?” The question now is, “What will you do?”
Get off the darned sofa and show your support. March 17. Washington, D.C. Find out more at www.gatheringofeagles.org.”
I am organizing a Gathering of Eagles counter demonstration here in Denver, for those who cannot attend the DC event. Go Here for more information.
And the previous blog entry announcing this event.
The organizational thread at Free Republic.
More Here at Front Page Magazine.
“FP: So tell those readers who are interested in the Gathering of Eagles what they can do on March 17. Give some more information on the event itself and what interested people should know.
Riley: The Gathering of Eagles is a call for all Americans to be at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. on March 17 to honor and help ensure our Memorials are protected from radical elements in the anti-war movement. We are asking Americans of all persuasions to arrive no later than 10:00AM, preferably earlier and assemble as visitors at the Vietnam Memorial Wall.
There is no demonstrating or rallying allowed at any of our Memorials so those of us there will be visitors, acting as backup in the event Park Police encounter any breakthroughs. We will stand five or six deep and block anyone from desecrating, damaging or dishonoring any hallowed ground.
There is an element in the anti-war group that is vicious and destructive. We know the vandalism they caused to the US Capitol in January 2007. Also, the desecration, vandalism and graffiti that damaged and marred a Medal of Honor Memorial last March in Indianapolis, Indiana.
As I indicated earlier, we are non-confrontational and non-violent, but we will not allow our sacred Memorials that cry out with the blood of warriors, who sacrificed their lives for our nation’s freedom, to be desecrated. Enough is enough. We will not allow the warriors of today to be forgotten like our Vietnam Veterans were. W will “guard their back”.
Many details of Gathering of Eagles event are yet to be completed, so interested Americans may keep abreast by viewing our web site at http://www.gatheringofeagles.org or contacting me a hmriley@cox.net and I’ll be happy to add anyone to my email update list.
FP: Colonel Harry G. Riley, thank you for joining Frontpage Interview. And thank you for the service you gave to this country. It was an honor to speak with you.”
