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"My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man" -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy


 March 20, 2007

 

Eagles Talons enough to win the day...........and the future

Mission Accomplished, Goals and Objectives satisfied..........that's the result of Americans gathering in Washington, D.C. on March 17, 2007 to proclaim pride in America, support and love for our warriors in harms way, and protection of the hallowed ground of our fallen guardians of freedom. 

Emails, pictures, proclamations, high-five's, a renewed spirit and hope in America is flying across the Internet, blogs, and media from around the world......Eagles (Americans, Vets young and old, active duty warriors, Moms, Dads,  sisters, brothers, college and high school students, cadets) landed in Washington, D.C. on St. Patrick's Day in massive numbers, announcing to the anti-war/anti-America hate spewing surrender crowd:  get used to it, count on it, accept it, and live with.............EAGLES ARE YOUR FUTURE.

According to estimate reports from the National Park Service, 30,000 Eagles soared into Washington, D.C. on St. Patrick's day to confront and drive the annoying anti-war/ANSWER pests back to their dark hide-outs of deception, distortion, lies, denigration, betrayal, treason, and surrender.  

When the Eagle flies and the talons are bared, the vermin scatter, run for cover as did Jane Fonda and others who failed to return to the vomit of her decades old attempt to destroy America.......the anti-war 40 year reunion was akin to a funeral march as compared to the loud birthing joy of Eagles... 

Eagles dominated the day while the national media, addicted to the ANSWER anti-war/anti-America rhetoric, bought their distorted message, focused on a few thousand misguided, aimless,  American flag dragging, spitting young people, and communist, anti-troop, anti-America speakers while all but ignoring the tens of thousands of Eagles.  

If media takes a look at film they will see two drastically different pictures when looking at the anti-war crowd and Gathering of Eagles participants.....one crowd with thousands of proud American flags, the other showed a half dozen and some of them were being dragged on the ground; one crowd with unity, brother and sisterhood, patriotic fervor, the other crowd with aimless direction, vile venom of hate for America...the contrast is clear...which view do you support America? 

To say the Gathering of Eagles event in Washington, D.C. was a success would be an understatement....the massive numbers of Eagles is but an indicator of the commitment of American hearts to our nation, our troops, and the fallen warriors that have sacrificed for our freedom.  To have been present and experience the joy, and yes pain, the relief, the  emotional roller-coaster was beyond explanation...the Gold Star Mothers, the Blue Star Moms and Dads, the Veterans in wheel chairs, tears, hugs,...........in short the anti-war movement set up a reunion for Vietnam Veterans, their widows, spouses, sons and daughters.......... 

The message of the day was "Welcome Home", "Never Again",  "Win the War On Terror" from old warriors, young patriots, widows, spouses, and other Americans who found themselves back in the mud, but loving, cherishing, every bit of it.  All willing to sacrifice once again for whatever it takes..............to keep America the land of the free and home of the brave. 

God bless America, our troops, their families and all the Eagles in body and spirit.

Harry Riley, COL, USA, Ret, Gathering of Eagles Co-Coordinator

URL:  http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/riley032007.htm

Statement of Support from Appeal For Courage

Statement of Support from Appeal For Courage

40 years ago, a debate was raging much the same as the one today. A small but vocal group opposed to the war in Vietnam managed to convince the public that the war was unwinnable, that the cause was immoral, and that our troops were murderers. They shouted loud enough and long enough to force our politicians to concede and we pulled out of Vietnam too soon. A generation of Vietnam Veterans came home to a country that had forgotten the debt of gratitude that is owed to those who defend freedom. A country that had forgotten how to welcome home its veterans with open arms.

Now, another small but vocal group is trying to convince America that the war in Iraq is already lost, that the cause of freedom is not worth the fight, and that our troops are committing atrocities on a daily basis. But now, there is a difference. There are men and women at home who refuse to let history repeat itself. That same generation of Vietnam Veterans are standing up to ensure that all veterans are treated with the respect they have earned. They are drawing the line at those who say that desecrating our war memorials is an expression of free speech. And they are supporting our troops with their actions and not just their words.

Today over 1700 men and women in uniform have signed an Appeal to ask Congress to support our mission and let us stay in Iraq until the mission is complete. We are asking to stay in harm's way because we know the importance of what we are doing, and the consequences of failure.

As we fight the battle in Iraq, you have continued to fight the battle at home. As we stand up for freedom and democracy overseas, you are standing guard for freedom and democracy at home. In Iraq today, as it was in Vietnam 40 years ago, we can not lose on the field of battle. You are ensuring that we do not lose it at home. Thank you for your continuing service, and together we will continue the fight for freedom.

SGT Dave Thul
LT Jason Nichols
AppealForCourage.org

 
An E-Mail to Col Riley
 
From: Removed
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Gathering of Eagles1 -- A Historical Reunion

Harry,
this has succeeded beyond our wildest hopes, never dreaming that we would be sooooooooo greatly empowered by our AMERICAN ETHOS....
 
You know Harry, I have had a hell of a week, buried one son, said goodbye to another son at the airport as he left for Bagdad, and immediately attended the funeral of a friend's late husband.   I would PERSONALLY like to thank ALL 30,000 of those really FANTASTIC EAGLES who have lifted me up this week and kept me going.
 
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU,
Evie
 
Power to the People
I could tell right away this wasn't going to be your average Washington D.C. anti-war protest.

For months, the anti-war coalition International A.N.S.W.E.R. had been publicizing its plans to hold a major anti-war rally in the nation's capital on Saturday, March 17. However, reaching the protest staging site next to the Lincoln Memorial at 11:00 -- an hour before the protestors were slated to begin marching to the Pentagon -- I found the field nearly empty. Across the street stood several thousand counter-demonstrators, mostly comprised of Vietnam War veterans associated with various biker clubs. Wearing leather jackets emblazoned with organization names like "Rolling Thunder," "Legacy Vets," and "Combat Veterans of America Motorcycle Club," the vets had turned out to stand guard at the Vietnam Wall and other monuments after some sites were desecrated at an anti-war rally in January. The vets wer e a grizzled, tough-looking lot, and their presence seemed to surprise the handful of Chinese tourists snapping photos in the area.

Across the street, the war protestors were arriving late with their usual collection of Che Guevara banners, placards decrying American imperialism, and bizarre signs denouncing the 9/11 attacks as a government-orchestrated conspiracy. Some tables were set up offering books and pamphlets advocating socialism while a few enterprising capitalists worked the crowd, briskly selling T-shirts commemorating the march. As they arrived, the protestors were entertained by a DJ who, we were informed over the loudspeakers, was from Puerto Rico -- "the first country invaded by the U.S." He played the Edwin Starr protest classic "War (What is it good for?)" several dozen times, it seemed, then launched into James Brown's "I'm Black and I'm Proud," as the mostly white crowd sang along.
 
Eventually, around 15,000 protestors arrived -- appearing to me about the same number as attended the January anti-war rally..This must have been a severe disappointment to A.N.S.W.E.R., which had drawn upwards of 100,000 people to previous protests. The poor turnout at this year's rallies can largely be attributed to a schism between A.N.S.W.E.R. and the other main anti-war coalition, United for Peace and Justice. The two groups used to sponsor these rallies together, but have recently ceased cooperating.

Their dispute stems from two factors. First, there was some squabbling over the amount of time given to each group's speakers at past rallies -- a surprising bit of selfishness from people who drive cars with bumper stickers proclaiming that everything they need to know they learned in kindergarten. Second, there was a disagreement over the Israel-Palestine issue. Apparently, A.N.S.W.E.R.'s po sition is that the Jews should be driven into the sea, while UPJ, being slightly more moderate, seeks to convince the Jews through peaceful dialogue to throw themselves in.

Before setting off for the Pentagon, the war protestors were addressed by a few speakers. The veterans watched quietly from just across the street until Cindy Sheehan was introduced. Even before she denounced President Bush as "the greatest terrorist in the world," the mention of Sheehan's name elicited from the vets a rigorous round of booing the likes of which is rarely heard outside the confines of a Philadelphia Eagles home game.

Finally, the march began. It was a motley collection of organizations and interest groups. The parade was led by a collection of anti-war military veterans, followed by the radical feminists of Code Pink. Then came a group of "drummers" who were really just banging sticks on the bottom of some empty pails, succeeded by the mandatory contingent of masked anarchists. Fu rther back were lots of hippie-throwbacks, a good number of college students, some refugee from an anarchist rodeo twirling a lasso around himself, and a variety of people waving Lebanese and Palestinian flags. There were a few American flags as well, although nearly all of these were defaced with peace signs, political slogans, or sardonic renditions of corporate symbols.

The counter-demonstrators lined the first few hundred yards of the parade route, sometimes on both sides. Waving American flags, the vets gave the marchers a generally good heckling; "Go impress your professors!" was my favorite epithet. Despite their fetish for the right to "dissent," the war protestors are unaccustomed to opposition, aside perhaps from a lone College Republican or two that might show up with an American flag at a campus protest. But these counter-demonstrators were different. They were combat veterans who still bristle at the memory of being jeered by these kinds of radicals when they r eturned from Vietnam. The marchers seemed not only nervous, but even ashamed -- to prove their patriotism to the vets, they began chanting "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" This was probably the first time that chant has ever been heard at an anti-war rally.

I fell in with the anarchists, since that's where the action usually is. There were around 100 of them, although the number of face piercings exceeded that by a factor of 10, even with most of their nose rings and tongue rings hidden by masks and bandanas. Their banners proclaimed slogans like "Destroy all government" and "No war but class war." The vets yelled out to them "Come over here!" and "Show your faces!" Declining either invitation, the anarchists responded by chanting "Whose streets? Our streets!"

But the chant lacked conviction, seeing as the only thing protecting the anarchists from a smackdown by the vets was the line of police officers separating the two sides. I spotted a group of four anarchists carrying an upsi de down American flag and wondered how far they'd get with it. It turned out to be about 50 yards. Then, a vet managed to infiltrate the parade and snatched the flag from them, causing all four members of the revolutionary vanguard to run scurrying away.

After parading through this gauntlet of counter-protestors, the rest of the march was pretty subdued. I walked back toward a portable loudspeaker surrounded by Palestinian flags. A speaker was leading a chant of "Stop bombing Lebanon!", which I found strange, since no one is bombing Lebanon. The chanting stopped when the microphone was passed to a Middle Eastern woman whose accent was so thick that no one could understand what they were supposed to be protesting. Finally, they agreed on singing another refrain of "War," which seemed to be their automatic fallback position for almost any unexpected situation.

We arrived at the Pentagon parking lot, where a DJ was again playing "War." I couldn't take the song anymore, so I wandered off in search of the anarchists. I found them at the end of a bridge leading to the Pentagon itself. They were facing a line of police officers in full riot gear, replete with gas masks. "Whose streets? Our streets!" rang out again, but it was pretty clear whose streets these were, since the anarchists weren't allowed to keep marching forward on them.

The police announced through a bullhorn that they'd use teargas if the protestors didn't return to the parking lot. In response, a female-looking anarchist in dreadlocks yelled out to me and some other reporters nearby, asking if we'd help get the word out that the police, without cause, had gassed peaceful protestors. "No!" I instinctively yelled back, eliciting some shocked stares from the anarchists. Another anarchist approached us and asked if we'd stand between them and the police to prevent the cops from "attacking" them. He pointed to one elderly female reporter: "You ma'am, if you get in the middle, ther e's no way the police will knock you over." The request caught me off guard -- I was unaware that old women are used as human shields anywhere outside of the Middle East.

The group sat down in front of the police to decide what to do. Some people passed out food, at which point most of the anarchists removed their masks and bandanas to eat, then put them back on when they had finished. My respect for this bunch was rapidly declining.

They took a series of votes, decided to leave the bridge to the police, and backed off about 20 yards. Then, in one final act of "resistance" before vacating the bridge, one of them burned an American flag, to the cheers of all the rest. This incident went unreported in all of the mainstream media, despite the presence on the bridge of numerous journalists and photographers.

Walking home, I reflected on what the anti-war movement has degenerated into -- a squabbling collection of aging socialists, pro-Palestinian militants, and cowardly anarchists. The Vietnam vets -- who were there just to protect our monuments and show support for the troops -- had a surprising effect on the protestors. "Fight back! Fight back!" was one of the protestors' slogans. But it was all talk. When confronted by people who actually fought and bled for their country, the protestors grew sheepish and embarrassed -- I would even say humiliated.

I couldn't help but notice that the anarchists -- the supposed hardcore fringe of the movement -- waited until they were safely out of range of the veterans to burn a flag. Afraid of the vets, afraid of the cops, they don't seem to be good for much other than occasionally smashing storefront windows when there's no one else around.

"Whose streets? Our streets!", they chanted. Not on Saturday they weren't.
 
 

Anti-War Protest Had Opposition

By The Intelligencer

A highly promoted protest against U.S. involvement in Iraq during the weekend received an enormous amount of media coverage, despite the fact that, according to the Associated Press, only about 1,000 people remained present for it after the first hour.

But that wasnât the only protest in Washington on Saturday. Also present in substantial numbers were Americans unwilling to allow members of the military to be slandered by the more radical elements in the anti-war movement. They received less coverage.

Among them were members of groups such as Gathering of Eagles and Move America Forward. Many of the members of those groups are U.S. military veterans -- and members of the families of American troops serving abroad.

They gathered at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where they vowed to prevent any attempts by the anti-war crowd to commit acts of disrespect.

Many of those in the anti-war movement say they ar e protesting the war out of respect for our troops. But, too often, protests such as that in Washington are hijacked by those who have nothing but contempt for those who serve. We think it is important for those in uniform to know that the weekend protests were far from one-sided.

URL:  http://www.theintelligencer.net/editorials/articles.asp?articleID=17463

 
Silent America Speaks
 
Gary L. Bauer, Chairman
Campaign for Working Families
March 19, 2007
 
Things didn't go as planned for the far Left this weekend here in the nation's capital.  An assortment of "blame America first" groups expected tens of thousands of leftists to take to the streets to demand that the U.S. withdraw from Iraq in defeat.  March organizers had originally expected 50,000 plus to flood into town, but most unofficial estimates put the crowd closer to 10,000 to 15,000.
 
But wait, it gets better!  The defeatists and their allies didn't have the streets to themselves.  Thousands of pro-troop, pro-victory, pro-American counter-demonstrators came from all over the country to take a stand. The big TV networks ignored what happened, but the liberal Washington Post could not without losing all credibility.
 
On the front page they reported, "Thousands of demonstrators. marched on the Pentagon yesterday, jeered along the way by large numbers of angry counter-protesters." And this: "Much of the passion yesterday was supplied by thousands of counter-demonstrators, many of them veterans who mobilized from across the country to gather around the Vietnam veteran's memorial."
 
As the so-called anti-war crowd crossed the Memorial Bridge into Virginia toward Arlington Cemetery, they were again confronted by a large crowd of vets who unfurled a banner reading, "You dishonor our dead on hallowed ground."
 
Now there is always a handful of conservatives who show up when the far Left is in the streets; but what explains the tremendous turnout of "the silent majority" now? There is a lot of evidence that this was, at least in part, a reaction to what happened here back in January when left-wing radicals protesting the war spray-painted the Capitol steps, trashed an Army recruiting office and put a pink tiara on the Statue of the Lone Sailor at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue.
 
Big Media ignored the vandalism, but conservative talk radio and Internet bloggers, along with reports like this one, spread the disgusting news far and wide.  The reaction was clear on Saturday as thousands of fed-up citizens poured into town to protect our monuments and make it clear that the loud mouth Left doesn't own the streets.
 
Could this be the start of something bigger?  Perhaps.  Millions of Americans are fed-up and looking for political leadership.  They are tired of our country constantly being trashed, our values being mocked and our border leaking like a sieve.  They have had it with political correctness, and they want someone, without shame or embarrassment, to defend what we know to be decent, right, patriotic, and dare I say it - moral.  We will do our best to keep the momentum growing!
 
 
National Park Service Volunteers Say Thanks
 
 
Dear Veterans, Family and Friends,
 
We won.  I am so proud of our Veterans, Active Duty Forces and Supporters, for their restraint, demeanor, and patience in the face of the goofs who showed up to demonstrate on Saturday.
 
My observations will be short.  You were trickling in at 0700 that morning when I arrived, gathering in full force all day long in the cold and windy weather, and were still there at 1900 when I left.
 
You came to stand down at the Wall with we Volunteers in quiet dignity, but on guard.
 
The adversaries were across Henry Bacon Drive aiming their blaring loudspeakers our way, playing inappropriate rock, latin and hiphop music over our Memorials and I'm sure it was wafting across the Potomac to Arlington National Cemetery.
 
We were also supplemented by the Park Police and the Washington Metro Police.
 
The Gathering of Eagles were posted on a very windy knoll at the East End of the Wall, where they had surrounded themselves with hundreds of American flags flying briskly in the breeze.  No loud music, no complaining about the environment.  Just there to defend the Wall.
 
I am so very grateful for your presence and please remember that we National Park Service Volunteers - the 'yellow hats' - take it very seriously to ensure that respect and honor are most present at your sanctuary.
 
I'm pleased to serve you.
 
Best wishes,
Betty
 
 
Pro America rally was more powerful
 
I sang my original anthem, "United We Stand" at the Gathering of Eagles rally in Washington DC at the Viet Nam vet's Wall Memorial. I am black conservative republican singer songwriter and entertainer, Lloyd Marcus.
 
A smaller anti- America rally received all of the mainstream media coverage. The mood and tone of the two rallies were strikingly different. So-called, 'peace activists' waved signs and screamed slogans full of obscenity and hate.
 
Our pro-America rally over flowed with feelings of respect, unity and love. Viet Nam vets embraced and exchanged the words, 'welcome home brother'. People spoke with pride of fathers and sons who've made the ultimate sacrifice defending our country. Yes, there were tears. Perhaps by divine intervention the CD player would not play the soundtrack for my finale song, "United We Stand". Prompted by the united and supportive crowd, I performed it a capella. The inspired rendition is playing around the world over the internet. Though neglected by the media, the goodness of our rally will resonate like a tsunami of love and support for our troops and America around the world.
 
 
 
Arch Arthur GoE After Action Report
 
Contributed by Bill Faith
Compiled from two back-to-back emails from Arch:
 
Saturday was a cold, clear, fine day without much wind.  I took the Metro to Foggy Bottom, just up the hill from where the protesters were gathering.  A female protester asked me where to get off for the rally.  I told her, "Reagan National".  These people were a mix of long haired white, black & Latino activists wearing berets and impeach Bush t-shirts.  A few were carrying homemade signs but most took up signs at the rally point.  They were unattractive and ill-informed, but not physically threatening.  I had a short haircut and dressed in black combat boots, black chinos, a black fleece jacket, black windbreaker and black gloves.  I wanted to make it obvious that I was not a protester.
 
The anti-war protest rally was sponsored by ANSWER - a communist & socialist group bent on humiliating America.  They are well funded by George Soros, who chartered busses, printed signs, and paid the hotel bills for their people.  Looking at their signs and listening to their speeches, they were a wide range of very radical groups - open borders, communist party, black panthers, greenpeace, recognize cuba.  You name the left wing group, they were there.
 
GoE was not well organized and had zero funding.   At first, I was a little worried about our chances if the numbers that were being advertised were accurate.  ANSWER was touting 100,000 protesters and GoE had only signed up 900.  I had no idea how many Rolling Thunder guys, VFW members, American Legionnaires,  of Purple Heart guys would actually show up.  Fortunately, all the estimates were wrong.  The Park Police had UH-60s overhead with cameras to document their estimate of 30,000 Pro American Demonstrators and 5,000 -10,000 ANSWER protesters.  Several times the speakers said that many of their folks were stuck in the snow storm in the North East.  We laughed at them. 
 
The ANSWER crowd was intimidated big time.  For the last 40 years the radical left has had the streets to themselves.  Their opposition was an undermanned police force or a few National Guardsmen with strict ROE.  They always had numerical superiority.  We in the military were prohibited, by law, from participating in a counter protest.  This demonstration was very different.
 
As I was walking down the hill from Foggy Bottom, a GoE guy ahead of me took a Stop The War sign tore it in half and threw it in the trash.  There were about 1,000 protesters watching him and one guy said, "hey, you can't do that!"   The GoE guy stopped and asked, "What are you going to do about it?"  The question was met with silence. 
 
In another incident, five of the unwashed made it around the Lincoln Memorial.  They were spotted almost immediately.  Three of these brave souls dropped their signs and ran away, but two continued.  The were rather quickly surrounded by big Rolling Thunder guys in their leathers.  The bikers stared at the remaining two, who quickly put down their signs, avoided making eye contact and left.  No one raised their voice or touched these young men.  The thing young men fear most is intimidation in front of their friends, especially girlfriends.  Intimidated they were.
 
On the ground, there was considerable Pro-American verbal push back.  The protesters had the amplified sound system, but GoE had the balls.  As the leftist speakers ranted, we cheered "USA, USA, USA..".  When they said something we disagreed with, we shouted them down.  It was good clean fun.
 
On the ground, it was obvious who had more people.  We occupied the wall, the north side of the Lincoln Memorial, the apron west side of the reflecting pond, and the Korean War Memorial.  They had a strip of land between 23rd and Constitution Ave.  The mounted police kept the groups apart.
 
These were big guys, the ones who did not run to Canada or Oxford to avoid serving their country.  The elite leftists are not accustomed to real opposition.
 
When I left, I walked down the mall to the Washington Monument to the Smithsonian Museum and I could no longer hear the shrill loudspeakers of the ANSWER sound system, but I could clearly hear Gathering of Eagles' voices.
 
We must continue this real grass roots effort.  Wherever these idiots go, we must go.  ANSWER cannot go unanswered.
 
Arch
 
 
News
 
Gathering of Eagles After Action Report
Stop the ACLU - New Cumberland,PA,USA
I was proud to have flown to the capital Friday to represent STACLU and CourtZero at the Gathering of Eagles this weekend in Washington, DC As most of you ...
 
Leftover Peaceniks Dwarfed by Gathering of Eagles Counterprotest
RushLimbaugh.com (subscription) - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
RUSH: You know, there was a Gathering of Eagles protest at the same time, counterprotesters, and they dwarfed the anti-war crowd in numbers. ...
 
Locals counter protesters in DC
Greenville Daily Reflector - Greenville,NC,USA
A leader of a group that went to Washington, DC, to counter anti-war protesters said the event, Gathering of Eagles, was a success. ...
 
 
BLOGS
 
Gathering of Eaglesâ30000 strong
By Chin
Bryan Preston shares his thoughts on the astroturfed anti-war demonstrators and highlights an exclusive first-look at a new Move America Forward ad going national Monday. More at MAF here. Old War Dogs posts rolling GOE coverage and ...
House of Chin - http://sacredcow.wordpress.com
 
 
The Drug Problem In This Country
 
The other day, someone told me that a Methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county, and he asked me a rhetorical question. "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?"

I replied: "I did have a drug problem when I was young;

I was drug to church on Sunday morning.

I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.

I was drug to family gatherings and community socials no matter the
weather.

I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.

I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher, any other adult, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in
everything asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if
I uttered a profanity.

I was drug out to pull weeds in the garden and flower beds a nd cut the
grass.

I was drug to the homes of family, friends and neighbors to help out
some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline,
or chop some firewood; and if my parents had ever known that I took a
single dime as a tip for this kindness, they would have drug me back to
the woodshed!

Those drugs are still in my veins, and they affect my behavior in
everything I do, say or think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or
heroine. And if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America
would be a better place."

God bless the parents who drugged us!

    EAGLES UP! 
  
 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"
 
"One Nation Under God"

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ  and the American G.I.
~One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.~
  
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
 

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