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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (6231)	3/21/2006 1:37:44 PM
From: paret	Read Replies (1) of 71588

AN UNPOPULAR ANTI-WAR (NY Post: "Even the Naked Cowboy draws bigger crowds") New York Post ^ \| March 21, 2006 For all the supposed mounting public outrage over the continuing U.S. involvement in Iraq, the nationwide protests on the third anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom turned out to be more sputter than substance. In New York, barely 1,000 people turned out Saturday to protest the war; another couple of hundred showed up on Sunday. Frankly, there are longer lines waiting to buy tickets at the half-price booth. Even the Naked Cowboy in Times Square probably draws bigger crowds. Around the nation, turnout wasn't much better. A few dozen showed in Baltimore, a couple of hundred in the antiwar hotbed city of San Francisco, maybe 1,000 or so in the nation's capital. Only Chicago and Portland drew sizable crowds - and even there, the turnout was significantly smaller than in past years. Celebrity "peace mom" Cindy Sheehan boasted to one rally that "support for this war has dwindled dramatically." But it looks more like support for America-bashers like Sheehan & Co. is what's dropping off. Yes, Americans have concerns over the situation on Iraq. But they know better than to listen to the crowd that would condemn any and all uses of power to defend this country from terrorist attacks. Or perhaps, as President Bush noted yesterday, Americans are coming to understand that there is much more to what is happening in Iraq than the nightly news' reports of gloom and doom. Bush yesterday cited the Iraqi city of Tal Afar, whose mayor recently wrote to the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq to offer thanks to the 3rd Cavalry Regiment for liberating his people from the terrorist insurgents. (the national news media have notably overlooked Mayor Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri's letter.) -snip- Little wonder that even the usual crowd of America-haters and Bush-bashers don't even bother turning out anymore. (Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...

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