[Peace-discuss] Grandpa's letter in N-G Today

[Ricky Baldwin]

Excellent!  Well said!

Thanks for doing it!
Ricky
--- Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:

> AWARE protesters are courageous
> 
> Friday April 20, 2007
> 
>   I write in response to the April 5 letter from
> Craig Wakefield of  
> Homer.
> 
> His adoration of Mark Thompson seems misplaced.
> Perhaps Thompson is  
> generous to some. But I witnessed his rude and
> ungenerous haranguing of  
> those present on March 1, as we were trying to hear
> a grieving mother  
> speak. We were there to hear how her son, a soldier,
> was killed in Iraq  
> for no good reason. We did not come to hear a bully
> who tried to take  
> over the event.
> 
> Wakefield claims AWARE needs to do its research
> before launching  
> attacks on such a civic-minded person. But I saw a
> bully seeking  
> attention that night.
> 
> Wakefield did not do his own homework. AWARE, though
> active with  
> anti-racism issues, was not the lead group in the
> long overdue  
> retirement of Chief Illiniwek. Other community
> groups worked long and  
> hard to finally bring that sad chapter to a close.
> 
> As our civil liberties and freedoms continue to
> erode, AWARE advocates  
> exercise free speech while we still have it. The
> scary proposition for  
> innocent Iraqis and U.S. soldiers whose lives are
> being sacrificed in  
> an endless war, is a continued U.S. presence in
> Iraq.
> 
> A war based on lies is not about defending freedom.
> 
> As a veteran I find it difficult to be patient with
> self-centered  
> bullies.
> 
> It takes courage to be a part of AWARE, especially
> when those bullies  
> try to trample our freedoms both here and in
> Washington, D.C.
> 
>   ROBERT WAHLFELDT
> 
> Champaign
>   Find this article at:
>    
>
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/opinions/letters/2007/04/20/
> 
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