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« The Two Versions of Truth | Main | Fayetteville Demonstrations »

March 20, 2005

The Smash'd Purple Finger

Greyhawk

I've asked this question earlier here this weekend - what exactly are the protestors protesting? I thought I might know the answer, and seeing this confirms it:

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Think this doesn't represent the American left? Although this fine example of California womanhood was accompanied and supported by only a handful of die-hard anti-Iraqi forces they included Democratic Conressman Bob Filner in their number.

This photo brought to you by Citizen Smash, who lead the counter-protest (no - lets call it the pro-Iraq demonstration) in San Diego.

A couple years ago when he was Lt Smash and I was at 'home' in Europe I checked his page for news from the front. A couple months ago when I was in Baghdad I always looked to Smash for the latest from that front. In both cases the news from Smash was always victory, a morale builder, a welcome lift.

Funny - the media tries to sell the Fayetteville demonstrations as 'veterans and families protesting the war.' I Haven't heard that said about Smash's crew in California yet.

Posted by Greyhawk at 06:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (9) |