Soldiers ask us to take a stand against Iraq war

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These Iraq War vets are asking for our help. If ever there was a time protest Iraq, it's now. Please seriously consider attending the "The World Says End the War", global day of protest on March 19 2005
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2688

Veterans Protest Iraqi War
Former soldiers in Iraq support troop withdrawal and mass anti-war movement

By WILLIAM C. MARRA
Crimson Staff Writer

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Two veterans of the ongoing Iraq war addressed 150 people in the Science Center Friday, criticizing the purpose and progress of the war and calling for the immediate withdrawal of American troops.
“The only way you can support the troops is by demanding they be brought back now and they be given the care they deserve when they get home,” said Michael Hoffman, a former Lance Corporal in the Marines and a co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW).

Hoffman and IVAW co-founder Kelly Dougherty, who was a Sergeant in the National Guard, asked the audience to follow the precedent of Vietnam protests and take to the streets en masse so American civilians and soldiers alike come to realize that it is not unpatriotic to oppose the war.

“That’s what’s going to end this war—mass movement,” Hoffman said.
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Hoffman said the public must take a stand so that soldiers realize they are not letting their country down by opposing war.
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