Anti-war protests anger U.S. troops inside Kuwait

[Terri]

Anti-war protests anger U.S. troops inside Kuwait

By M.E. Sprengelmeyer
Scripps Howard News Service
Detroit News
February 18, 2003

CAMP UJAIRI, Kuwait -- The peace protesters might as well be marching right under the tank barrels.

U.S. troops amassed in the Kuwaiti desert couldn't avoid news of anti-war protests that swept the globe over the weekend, and it is making some angry, defensive, fired-up and anxious.

They see scattered news reports of opposition to a possible war against Iraq, but the hardest-hitting bulletins come in phone calls home to worried spouses and loved ones, said Sgt. 1st Class Victor Oravec, 41, of Fort Knox, Ky., of the U.S. Army's 3-7 Cavalry.

"They're saying, 'Why are we over here when everyone's over here saying we shouldn't be?'" Oravec said.

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It makes me furious that our troops have to hear what the peace scum is saying. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/fire.gif

[azwhitewolf]

They should be mad! http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif They should be mad as hell.

There's a lot of people that have been silent, and I think it's time we bring to light:

The families of Servicemen and women
The servicemen and women themselves
Patriots who salue (not burn) the flag
Conservatives who back up Bush.

It's just time to speak up. I've never served, but I can only imagine fighting a war for America that (seemlingly to them) even America doesn't support.

It's gone past the "rude" stage into the "dangerous" stage. And we Conservatives had BETTER address it, and FAST or else we'll be run over by our own vehicle.

I SUPPORT OUR TROOPS.

[lpara]

<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'>Can't we email them like we did once or sign a petition that would let them know that there are so many more supporting them than there are scumbags stomping on them! Didn't we send an email once~~I searched~~I found it~~Yes, we did have a thread that was entitled Support our troops. *Here are the email addresses to email the military and let them know that we SUPPORT them!

http://www.emailourmilitary .com/

http://www.emailourmilitary .com/holidaylove.htm</span>

[nekela]

http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif I believe it will do lots of good to e-mail the servicemen and let them know what is going on today. The way the network slants the news it is hard for them to sort out what is good and what is bad. I heard a news report yesterday that there were 6 million people around the world that were demonstrating against the war. Now think about that. There are over 6 Billion people in the world today. The 6 million that were demonstrating would barely make a speck on the map. 6 million is actually less than 1/10th of one percent of the world population. Even if there are 60 million people against the war , that is less than one percent. http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[ALLEN L. WELLS]

:chatter:Nekela is right on the money. *We are listening to the loud 1/10 of one percent making all the noise. *They think that if we leave this alone everything will just go away. *I got news for them the longer we wait to nip this in the bud the harder it will be later.