Squabble puts Veterans for Peace at back of Rose Parade

[Sequoia]

Sonoma County's Veterans for Peace has been relegated to the rear of Saturday's 113th annual Rose Parade after other veterans groups complained about the organization's anti-war politics.

Dubbed "rabble-rousers" by one mainstream veterans group leader, the Veterans for Peace will be fifth from the end of the two-hour parade, with 84 units separating them from a contingent of seven other veterans groups, including the American Legion and the Marine Corps League.

The arrangement was a compromise, coming after the Rose Parade board of directors initially banned the Veterans for Peace, based on complaints from other veterans, and then relented after the anti-war group appealed.

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"I myself would call them rabble-rousers," said Jack Pressey, adjutant of Santa Rosa's American Legion Post 21, which will march Saturday. "They don't want us to be involved in any war."

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[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. So you LIKE war, Jack?

That's verrrry interesting. I thought the role of the military was to go beyond fighting. Guess I was wrong.

[niyad]

2. so, Jack, WHY isn't your uber-patriotic ass in iraq, instead of marching safely in a parade, where

you tried to deny free speech (remember the constitution? your oath??) to those with whose views you disagree?

I have loathed the american legion for decades, starting with their treatment of the vietnam vets--and that is only growing stronger day by day.

[Sequoia]

3. Try going back even further with the American Legion

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/Coup.htm