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03-03-2003, 12:14 AM
'Patriots' Rally for America in Nation's Capital
By Jeff Gannon
GOPUSA News
March 3, 2003
WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- A few hundred people braved the damp cold in Washington on Saturday to wave American flags and cheer speakers on the National Mall. The "Patriot's Rally for America" was organized by the D.C. Chapter of The Free Republic, a conservative activist group.
The program opened with a recitation of the Red Skelton version of the Pledge of Allegiance by Frank Davis, Capt. USNR (Ret.). It was particularly poignant since the 9th Circuit Court's ban on "under God" in the Pledge was not overturned last week.
The first speaker, UPI columnist John Armor, reminded those in attendance that it was the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. That disarmament treaty was supposed to prevent remilitarization of Germany. But the League of Nation's failure to enforce the treaty led to the rise of the Nazi menace that cost 70 million lives during World War II, a parallel he drew with the current situation with Iraq.
Aziz Al-Taee, Chairman of Iraqi-American Council, spoke of the torture and murder of Iraqis at the hands of Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorship. Other survivors of Saddam's cruelty accompanied him on the stage. Al-Taee declared, "The Hitler of the 21st century is waging a holocaust against the Iraqi people."
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/march/0303_dc_rally.shtml)
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By Jeff Gannon
GOPUSA News
March 3, 2003
WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- A few hundred people braved the damp cold in Washington on Saturday to wave American flags and cheer speakers on the National Mall. The "Patriot's Rally for America" was organized by the D.C. Chapter of The Free Republic, a conservative activist group.
The program opened with a recitation of the Red Skelton version of the Pledge of Allegiance by Frank Davis, Capt. USNR (Ret.). It was particularly poignant since the 9th Circuit Court's ban on "under God" in the Pledge was not overturned last week.
The first speaker, UPI columnist John Armor, reminded those in attendance that it was the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I. That disarmament treaty was supposed to prevent remilitarization of Germany. But the League of Nation's failure to enforce the treaty led to the rise of the Nazi menace that cost 70 million lives during World War II, a parallel he drew with the current situation with Iraq.
Aziz Al-Taee, Chairman of Iraqi-American Council, spoke of the torture and murder of Iraqis at the hands of Saddam Hussein's brutal dictatorship. Other survivors of Saddam's cruelty accompanied him on the stage. Al-Taee declared, "The Hitler of the 21st century is waging a holocaust against the Iraqi people."
Full Story (http://gopusa.com/news/2003/march/0303_dc_rally.shtml)
Sounds like a good bunch! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif