[Peace-discuss] Today's News-Gazette

[Robert Naiman]

nice! well done! I love that the N-G is doing recruiting for us. The
FBI should put a tail on them.

On 10/24/07, Jan & Durl Kruse <jandurl at insightbb.com> wrote:
>
> Local event planned in conjunction with one in Chicago
> By Paul Wood
>
> Wednesday October 24, 2007
>
> CHAMPAIGN – Champaign is one of many cities, including Chicago, that
> will celebrate a "De-Fund The War" rally Saturday.
>
> Some 35 to 50 local residents will leave at 10:30 a.m. for Chicago; a
> local rally will be held before and after that at North Prospect Avenue
> and West Marketview Drive, just north of Interstate 74, said Durl Kruse
> of Urbana, one of the organizers.
>
> The Chicago event begins at 1:30 p.m. at Chicago's Union Park.
>
> According to AWARE, the Anti-War, Anti-Racism Effort, parking is
> available at Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse, 1904 N. Prospect Ave.
> Lowe's manager Matt Cihi said the remote spots are available.
>
> Kruse said the rally will serve as an "alternative point of view"
> event, to coincide with the Pro-America Rally scheduled for the same
> time, immediately to the south.
>
> Kruse said there will be large, regional anti-war demonstrations in
> Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York, Orlando,
> Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Seattle.
>
> The national event is timed to come shortly before Congress is expected
> to vote on another supplemental funding bill, according to organizers.
>
> Sponsors of the local rally include AWARE, Iraq Veterans Against the
> War and Campus Anti-war Network.
>
> Martin Smith, a former Marine sergeant who serves as Midwest
> coordinator for the Iraq veterans group, said he understands the
> feelings of post-Sept. 11 Americans who want to fight terrorism.
>
> But since leaving the service, Smith said, he was dismayed with
> arguments for starting and prolonging the war in Iraq.
>
> "They told us about weapons of mass destruction, then they changed
> their story," he said.
>
> Smith, a University of Illinois grad student, said he is also concerned
> with extensions of service time in the Iraq theater from a year to 15
> months, and how veterans are treated once they return to the U.S.
>
> "Fund The Wounded, Not The War" is a favorite slogan. He said "the best
> way to support the troops is to bring them home."
>
> To sign up for the Chicago trip, e-mail Shara Esbenshade at
> esbenshduni.uiuc.edu
>
> "There's massive support for this rally," Kruse said. "Locally, we hope
> to get people who are interested in speaking out about changing the way
> the war on terrorism is fought. We want to show our dissatisfaction
> with the strategy of the Bush administration."
>
> He said part of the counter-rally idea is to let people know anti-war
> activists support the troops, but do not support the policies President
> Bush has chosen to employ in Iraq and Afghanistan.
>
> "The American public should be working to impeach Bush; that would be a
> way to support troops. Instead of supporting him, we ought to be
> working to change the way we fight the war," Kruse said.
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>
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