"Peace" Protestors in Portland Burn an Effigy of a United States Soldier

How often do we read something on the internet that has the ability to really affect our emotions? Not often, at least in my experiences. I tend to avoid what I'm not interested in, won't appreciate or find offensive.

With that said, every once in a while I'll follow a link to read stories that are not endlessly regurgitated by the MSM.

Today I came across a blog called Little Green Footballs -- you know-- the blog that broke the story about the forged documents about President George W. Bush that Dan Rather passed off as fact during the election season of 2004.

Any how, Little Green Footballs exposed a peace protest in Portland, Oregon that occurred on March 18th 2007; Anti-war demonstrators burned an American flag and a United States soldier in effigy. Also shown was the charming photograph of a large white sign that read, "F**k the troops!"

I can feel the love, can't you? What happened to "support the troops?"

I'd like also like to thank the media for humping this story and showing these enlightening images so that Americans can see all sides of the news. That's the media's job, is it not? Wait, never mind -- I think most of us know the answer to that.

I will state that my family has fought in quite a few wars to preserve the right of freedom of speech and the right for these unpatriotic fools to protest against their own country and the men and women who make it possible for them to do so. If they claim to be anti-war then why are they so violent? Maybe it's because they want to fight for something but they are too afraid to fight for the right thing. Ultimately, they want others to fight for them, or as George Orwell once stated: "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."

The words and actions of these demonstrators are such a contradiction; they are all for 'peace' but only on their terms, making their idea of peace conditional, which makes it worthless. And people wonder why war will remain with us so long as there are two human beings on the planet? It's because people are unwilling to get along -- they can't get along!