Pentagon protest of War on St Pats Day!!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by honeychile

Somebody forgot to send my ancestors the memo about the English!

And comparing the current US involvement in the Middle East to Viet Nam is naive, at best. Have an Irish Coffee and mellow out on Saturday instead.

Better update the memo-the English and the Irish no longer hate each other. Now we all collectively hate the French instead. It works out better for all of us.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Better update the memo-the English and the Irish no longer hate each other. Now we all collectively hate the French instead. It works out better for all of us.

And it makes much more sense, n'est-ce pas?

But I think Honeychile meant the memo about spelling, punctuation and parochial school, not the one about Anglo-Irish animosity. (But does an English public school count as a parochial school equivalent?)

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Better update the memo-the English and the Irish no longer hate each other. Now we all collectively hate the French instead. It works out better for all of us.

I think my relatives on ye olde sod would disagree with that assessment.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by hazelle

This weekend marks the unfortunate fourth year anniversary of our declared war in Iraq. I went thru the protests duirng Vietnam and whether we made a difference, we still felt we let those in so called Leadership positions hear our voices...

Saturday March 17th is the date for the Pentagon Protest and please at least go to this site and decide if you would like to add your voice about this long raging war or at least see what a true protest with celebrities and political leaders and well known speakers is all about

the Pentagon protest site is

http://answer.pephost.org/site/Page Server?pagename=m17_hompage

And then when you are done, toast the event with Green Beer so you wont forget it also is St Patrick's Day..and the Irish were some of the historical ancestors who had a lot to struggle thru and would appreciate the good intentions of those at the Pentagon to let the government know "enough is enough."

Hard to believe this war has lasted longer than World War II ....four years whew???

I would go read a history book before you start spouting this off at your protest rallies.

WWII had its roots in Asia in 1937 when the Soviets and Japan went to war in Manchuria....nearly two years before Germany invaded Poland and effectively started the war on the European front. Japan formally surrendered all military operations in early September 1945

July 1937 + September 1935 = 8 years, 2 months.

Thanks.

[UGAalum94]

And let's not even get in to how much lower the loss of life has been in the present conflict, particularly in American lives.

Hazelle,

What do you think will happen when the war ends?

[Kevlar281]

Originally Posted by hazelle

a true protest with celebrities