Pentagon protest of War on St Pats Day!!

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by hazelle

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???

What the hell? This war has nothing to do with St. Patrick's day. Plus March 17th is the single day of the year when the most amount of fundraising for the IRA (read: terrorism) is done. Ironic, I think?
This war hasn't been longer than WW2, sorry to disappoint.

[AlphaFrog]

Someone's into something green - and it ain't beer.

[Kevin]

We still have bases in Europe as a result of WWII... so we still haven't brought the boys home from that engagement. Our involvement in WWII is going on 66 years now.

[GeekyPenguin]

Clearly you are not Irish.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by centaur532

What the hell? This war has nothing to do with St. Patrick's day.

I think it's just that the Saturday (and therefore ideal day for a protest) closest to the anniversary of the start of the war (March 20) happens to fall on St. Patrick's Day this year.

And WWII's 6-year length aside, we are no longer at war with Iraq. We are still occupying Iraq (just like we occupied parts of Europe after 1945) and we are fighting insurgents in Iraq, but we are not at war with Iraq. So if it's going to be compared to WWII, you have to do what Kevin did and look at occupation/involvement after the war itself ended. Otherwise, apples =/= oranges.