Veterans For Peace Protest War Outside White House

[LordSchmity]

RON PAUL 2012!!

[newsradiohead]

I find it revolting that the war in Iraq only ended when the Iraqi government threw our troops out, and not when Obama made the conscious decision to pull out.

[GreyPeaJim]

srsly which duche disliked this?

[ginnyrae32]

my son sang a song called Pray for the War Vets in choir. he was 11 years old and just turned 12 this past Apr. 10th. He was so scared to sing infront of all those people but still did it to be brave just like our Troops. please check him out either his name jeffy knerr or look up ginnyrae32 both here on Youtube. God Bless and Thank you

[sparklnkitty]

We need more Bradley Manning heroes.

[BLOODYMOON62]

1 person misclicked the thumbs down button

[brwneyesaz]

Thank you regular new rarely show protest anymore.

[Hail2TheChimp1st]

All Wars were Created!! Wake the FUCK UP- Well Done Veterans-

[DarrelfromZeeland]

If these traitors had their way in WWII, Hitler and the Japs would've won. The declaration of independence and the constitution and the liberty bell would've ended up in marshal Herman Gering's art collection

[brwneyesaz]

@DarrelfromZeeland the traitors are the Tea Party and Republicans against the American People not these Veterans and Peaceful Protestors.

[TheDuckseason]

Pukes !! 

[85Tourist]

Gee didn't see this in the mainsteam? I wonder why?  Maybe because the US media is controlled by the elite Bilderberg group, corporations and international banksters!

[85Tourist]

Ray Mcgovern is a real Patriot! WE ARE A CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC!

[WellIAMScottish]

Truth s like blood pouring out of a wound on a hemophiliac. We've reached the moment that there are simply not enough "self-correcting" abilities to stem the flow. The entire system is so corrupted that it's braking like a faulty damn. You can't blame the water for a faulty damn. You can't blame the water for flooded villages. Just like Truth, water has a natural flow. What's been missing is the understanding in it all. That's where Real News steps in and earns the donations they deserve.

[peoplz360]

9/11 inside job stupid sheep

[angellambbridetv]

bless you guys for waking up and standing up, in doing so you stand as last line of defence between the children of the world and these maniacs and their plans...for my grandbabies here in europe...i thank you all. i hope british and european veterans follow youe example.BLESS YOU, BLESS YOU.

[theyalllied]

Rn Paul 2012

[mattsnow81]

The young need to wake up!

[theyalllied]

@mattsnow81

If they had voted Ron Paul instead of false profit, things would be different.

[mattsnow81]

@theyalllied Totally agree!

[Michaelwiseguy]

I just thank God every day for the complete and total economic collapse of the USA. It's the only thing that will end all the funding for the happy horse shit wars and police state. Thank You God for making our economic collapse as devastating as possible. Some people need to learn a lesson they will never forget.

[roxy10151roxy]

@Michaelwiseguy Yes, thank God. Everyone of us believers, true people of faith can unite and pray and keep praying and then pray continually folks. Not after you read this or later or tomorrow! If you are not on your knees crying out to GOD please do it now.

[StAnDnWaKeUp]

Where are the other 310,540,000 Americans? It will take a lot more than what you see here for a real taste of freedom. God Bless

[950horsepower]

...Without our consent?

Oh really?

Our nation is one that was created through conquest, and as occupiers of this land, we consent by default. Unfortunately.

[VozAlternativa]

It’s so good to see North Americans fighting again against war, imperial colonial war. Yes, it's going to be very difficult with corporate owned media working together along with a fascist State. Both Democrats or Republicans continue imperial-colonial wars. You have to cut that inertia. To combine simultaneous peaceful actions all over the world would be interesting. Never give up! God bless these anti-war fighters.

[expatted]

Hurray. You are real American heroes!!! I fully support you!!!!

[sayNOtoevilNOW]

this is awesome, keep it up!!

I love it that the elders are out first, they make my heart sing...

[afmarkin]

From Reflections on 12/16

...These men know the drill, know the pace, and know the mission. Unlike those youthful terrors this is not a day for fear. This is the day when the ante gets raised. And these are the men to meet that clarion call to resistance. No, no need for fear today. These are winter soldiers. The resistance has begun, and let those other white-haired men, mainly, those powerful white-haired men with their hands on the throttle of power tremble at the thought.

[willywill1984]

Make more noise and attract those who will care...that is what must be done.

[DickOPlenty]

unfortunately protests like this don't accomplish shit

[TheCIAsucks]

It's so wonderful to see some of these great leaders gathered together in a show of protest against the ills of a government that has failed us. I hope this is the beginning of a wave of opposition to the system which is rotten to its very core and will help bring down the people who have taken our government through lies and deception.

[TheUndercoverAthiest]

The Elders are showing the rest of us the way. Pay attention.

[cindiburkey]

Thank god someone cares, enough to serve, and enough to stand up and say no way when they've seen with their own eyes the destruction.

How can news organizations call themselves journalistic when they don't cover this? See no evil, hear no evil, speak plenty evil, buy gold, the tax bill is the will of the people, the economy is growing, osama who? Worried after 9/11? Just go shopping...did we mention the economy is growing? You can't report on war from just one end of a gun.

[Hperman09]

Let's just pull out now and bring them home. We can't afford any more deaths there anymore. Our troops has become nothing more than a target practice of the Taliban. It would be a disaster to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban. They would then be free to take Pakistan with a nuclear arsenal. Would you feel safe? Do you think they would think twice about nuking any non muslim country? India would probably nuke them in a first strike and we would have a nuclear war on the sub continent. Scary.

[jsmells9]

sign me up for these protests if there in seattle.

[roxy10151roxy]

@jsmells9 sign me up when in oregon or washington.I dont have a car but someone can pick me up!

[cheddyrod]

So is Al-Qaeda still in Afghanistan? I thought I heard Obama say that they fled nine years ago.

[nemesisdesign]

Great work. Keep it on.

[WellIAMScottish]

Goodness Bless these courageous Truthful Peace Seekers. This action may not have gotten the attention it deserves right now, but this was an historic moment and you can be sure future generations of students will learn and be fascinated by this protest. I think we have met the turning point. Progressives - people who believe in Human and Earthly Progress - our time is now. Rise up all of you, don't let them scare you into submission and apathy. WAKE UP STAND UP RESIST CREATE PRODUCE SURVIVE

[MinmatarThrasher]

War is human nature. It'll never go away.

Never.

[AlicedeTocqueville]

@MinmatarThrasher War is murder and stealing. Just because we haven't stopped crimes from being committed, doesn't mean we don't have to do all we can to stop them, and bring consequences to bear on those who murder and steal in our name.

What if people really believed in Christ's teachings, would they believe that it's not OK to murder and steal because the state tells you to?

[Elin48]

@shithustler420 with her hands...she'd have hands that were too cold afterward.

[gringodeltoro1]

215 likes, 0 dislikes.... I have never seen that before!!

[mikeoli]

Wikilaks is a falseflag which will be used to pass legislation to limit acess to the internet and nothing more, watch all the false patriots coming out of the woodwork to crush the internet because it is the only ave of free speech left that the ONE PARTY ONE STATE COLLECTIVIST SCUM that is American- English -French -German -Canada- Australia-New Zealand gov'ts do not have completely under thumb

[55ella2007k]

@mikeoli I'm afraid you've got it exactly backwards. Do you realize how many governments, including ours, want Wikileaks to be eliminated? A false flag operation would entail the governments cheering them on. It isn't Wikileaks fault, that governments and their corporate sponsors want to crush the internet. If this is a psy-op, it would have to be one of the most clever ones ever devised. Sure, the leaks will be used to towards that end, but for the very reason that govts do not like dissent.

[homer30]

BIG BROTHER!!! BIG BROTHER!!

[BacchanalianJ]

I love the laughing cops dragging the laughing guy away. "Hahaha, we're abducting you, that's so funny."

[liquidus2172]

I respect these people for what they doing, I really do, but, actions are better than words or protests.

[secretchristian]

@liquidus2172

What other actions are you thinking about?

[liquidus2172]

@secretchristian revolts for example

[AlicedeTocqueville]

@liquidus2172 That's right, and many of these Veterans have paid a price for standing up - and many still are! Bradley Manning is, more and more soldiers are refusing to fight; the gov doesn't want you to know how many. We all must act in accord with what our conscience tells us. Vote for peace candidates, call the President - 202 456 1111, talk about opposing state murder and stealing, and setting us against poor people all over the world. Support Courage to Resist.com !

[saadasim]

The US Mass Media is so well behaved in this country that I bet dictators around the world envy us.

[hanksnow82]

Was there even a 100 people there ?

[AlicedeTocqueville]

@hanksnow82 250 were there - and 131 got arrested.

[hanksnow82]

@AlicedeTocqueville Wow 250 people . We had 300 people at a BBQ last summer . 

[afgpride1231]

I love "TRNN".. keep doing the good work, and bring down this brutal Regime. (-;

[angelicsoulz]

Anyone who doesn't see the similarities between The U.S. & Nazi Germany is a coward who just doesn't want to see them.

[IntractableJ]

@angelicsoulz Often you will run into "the two are incomparable, Nazi Germany was a thousand times worse", which is a comparison. I think that it's fair to say there are many similiarities, but the United States isn't quite so harsh; the U.S. tends to kill millions of people over the course of a century, where the Nazis were killing the same in a few years. The fact that Nazi Germany was worse does not excuse the atrocities committed by the United States.

[bbossin]

Peace Now!

[yuri35435]

Vets should just ask people not to join the military anymore, there is no use, anyone who is patrioitic will become a criminal if they listen to their modern-world leaders.

[AlicedeTocqueville]

@yuri35435 Yes, unfortunately, but when we all stand up they can't put us all in jail.

[WellIAMScottish]

Real News: THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for providing a microphone to these amazing, wonderful, peace seeking Truth Tellers. You are doing the most important work. Blessings Paul Jay and equally everyone at Real News!

[zebra334]

IN SOLIDARITY ...from Joe Anybody in Portland Oregon ...THANKS EVERYONE ..thanks for filming this video too!

[patcollette]

Justice

Justice is subject to dispute.

Force is very recognizable and without dispute.

We were able to give force to justice because force contradicted justice and said that it was just.

And so, unable to make justice strong, we’ve made strength just.

Blaise Pascal

[lildread1]

@WarDogLRS

Tinfoil hat alert.

[zebra334]

@lildread1 shows you ignorance "thanks for calling and have a nice day"

[lildread1]

These people are heroes. Ironic how they are all veterans, just drives the point in farther that what the govt. is doing is wrong.

[BoredomCorner]

@WarDogLRS Free tip: if you want to be taken seriously, stop talking like a cross between the KKK and a conspiracy whacko.

[usergently]

Manning is a hero!

[JejuLee]

It is time that we recognizea FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH about the vast majority of politicians and their masters on Wall Street: They are FUNCTIONALLY insane within the context of a humane and civil, social democracy.

Think about that for a moment...

That is to say, the very foundation of the American Republic, the Constitution, a document which has been amorphous enough to enable and encourage the worst of society to become the most powerful, disallows the existence of a civil, social democracy.

[wvolson]

It's George Soros's War!

[kks800]

Don't be dupe!!! Assange is one of them!!

He is going to be the pretext to take away your freedom of speech!! Soon, there's going to be a Patriot Act for the internet as the mainstream media is loosing it's readers to the alternative media, their corporate propaganda machine is loosing it's effectiveness.

[BoredomCorner]

@kks800 I'd like to see your proof of that.

[charliebarosio]

Will they now undergo waterboarding as enemies of our beautiful militocracy? If Generalsimo O Ba Ma tolerates these geriatrics thumbing their noses at Security State (SS) then nothing will be safe. Already our GESTAPO "diplomats" are suffering because of wikileak treachery. Time to drone these traitors in their ratholes and get our snipers on the streets to "take down" all enemies of the corpo state. More tea and less pussy footing!

[nekopheliac]

Is Obama even planning on running on 2012? Or is he just going to appoint someone to run against Palin or Newt?

Seems like he's always planned to be a one term president.

[soccom8341576]

The president knows what the war is like... but it might be harder to swallow that he helps continue the war anyway regardless.

[caseyspaos]

surprise surprise. Obama is not the messiah. We keep hearing about how disappointed people are with Obama...as if the president of the U.S. were anything more than puppets of the international banking cartel that controls world events.

[blackiron60]

The momentum needs to be increased in the struggle for justice - this is a good start but far more needs to be done. I hope this opens the door to mass mobilization and sustained mass mobilization against the criminal policies of the American government and its allies. We need to show these bastards that we won't back down.

[Shisho2k]

In 36 SFR under the section labeled Dictatorship we have the right to arrest you and put you in cages.

[chocomalk]

Top notch!

Thank you Real news!

[AceHoale]

American Heroes.

Yes we fucking CAN.

Thank you Real News!

Peace.

[BoMbAbLoNg]

And they arrest these peopl wtf man disgusting

[BoMbAbLoNg]

GREAT reporting. i love you guys Not a word in any news paper ive read about these great people and veterans. Keep it up

[MarkoKraguljac]

6:11 Favorite trio :D

[klard]

What is wrong with the American people for constantly electing the worst clowns to office? In the last election Ralph Nader was on the ballot yet people actually voted for Barack Obama? Get it through your heads, choosing between Republicans and Democrats is like trying to decide which is better, cat shit or dog shit.

[barnacles]

At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Least of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spiritual growth and journey comes to a halt.

The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves!

Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary.

All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

[burnindownthehouse]

Where are all of the young protesters? In all of the anti-war rallies, all I see is folks who are over 40. The folks who used to protest unnecessary wars (such as the Vietnam War) were all college age kids. But it is as if the younger generation doesn't even care about the war in Afghanistan and the one previously in Iraq. They don't say anything about these wars. The pressure from the young folks during Vietnam is what ended the war. Maybe if there was a draft, the young folks would protest.

[venuecam]

@burnindownthehouse All a draft would do now is buzz teens into thinking they'll get to play Call of Duty for real with real weapons, remotely from their sofa lounge at home.. It's these same protestor parents that allowed their children to be mesmorized by technology so much that they don't know squat about what's happeneing anywhere else in the world. If that wasn't the case Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo wouldn't be making multi-billion dollar profits.

[AlicedeTocqueville]

@venuecam Don't give up!

[AndrewMann552]

Resistance! Down with states! The world must be remade into a federation of Communes!

[chelle329]

Wow .. people actually now calling it the "OBAMA REGIME."

[twistedfool420]

I feel like a violent guy... Whenever I see police arresting a peaceful protestor I wanna fucking stab that piece of scum 5-0 copper pig... Does that make me a bad person? or just sick of this tyranical bullshit...

[venuecam]

@twistedfool420 You're human but you can't solve everyone's battles :( Those protesting know what they're doing and expect the worst. It takes courage to face adversity and hold your ground.

[ytgv3fc7]

@twistedfool420 it's inefficient. Stabbing? I say we need an alternative police force to use the biggest guns there are to arrest 100 to 1000 cops at a time and if they resist arrest, OPEN FIRE

[EnochEmery251]

@ytgv3fc7 I bet the two forces start to cooperate, if the second police force had sufficient power. If not, the state would wipe out the competition as fast as it could.

[youngbuck189]

Ellsberg is wrong in his last statement. The Iraq War had more opposition before it even happened than the Vietnam War had in it's hey day. Millions of people marched against the war in Iraq and the media never covered it.That is the difference, the media and government learned to not allow any dissident activity to be on television.This is so simple to see. Look at the Georgia Prison Strike. There was not one peep in the mainstream about it, not one. That's impressive, Stalin would be proud.

[ilikebac0n]

Seeing elderly veterans, the people who have been at the tip of Americas imperialistic foreign policy, seen the worse horrors, been manipulated into doing the the worse things for the best intentions, seeing those men being dragged through the snow by police was shameful

Shows what the American government really thinks of those men

[agitcam]

Obama is a fraud, he is a corporate stooge doing their bidding, he's even a better liar than Junior Bush.

[jakiner]

awwww... i wish i was there.. i guess i could have been.. thanks Real News for posting!

[EnochEmery251]

Being against the current wars is only a temporary fix. Wiping out the state is one solution to preventing all future wars.

[ytgv3fc7]

@EnochEmery251 wiping out the state will not prevent wars but it may change the nature of war. The real source for war is that we've got too many people and too few resources.

[EnochEmery251]

@ytgv3fc7 I should have been more specific. It would prevent all future wars of aggression because no one would have the right, the authority, or the money to invade other countries. The United States right now has plenty of resources, it just wants more and there's no reason for it not to push for more given the widespread respect its government gets from the citizenry as well as all the monetary support. War is an easy option because the leaders don't suffer in the slightest.

[Arkinight]

Article by Chris Hedges about rebellion:

truth-out [dot] org/no-act-rebellion-is-wasted­65921

[MrMentalflossed]

struggling to find even a piece of the america i served to protect,..

[deckchairs1]

U.S. is in afghan to clear the ground (kill, blow up) for China's lust for minerals & copper & developing infrastructure there. Oh, note there's no big Al Kyduh problem along Afg/Chinese border. It's all bullshit folks.

WikiL has released NO important info. All the hoopla and no one seems to have noticed this all-important fact. Nothing but declassified mat'l. Yes. Look again.

[deckchairs1]

@deckchairs1 Hey, we owe the Chinese, right? With the blood of our soldiers and innocent civilians.

[OrwellsDaughter]

Wow, 2 of my favs in one little segment. Chris hedges & Daniel E. Peace to you, brothers!

[OrwellsDaughter]

I'm there in spirit. Look at these folks out there in the bad weather; thank you for your real balls & actual spirit.

As an aside, look at the age of these folks. When I go to peace rallies in my city, I'm almost always the youngest one. What's up with that? Why are people in their 60s and 70s the only ones (mostly) who appear to care enough to stand up & be counted?

[StraussBR]

Ray Mcgovern is a funny dude

[SuburbanNinja8000]

Bring our Troops home before a the Revolution happens. History is going to repeat its self you can all really see it. Look around you The Birtles empeire was came crashing down in American. American Red Coats are the Birtse now. Those people taht are arrested are the people in the past. It will Happen again if we are not careful.

[SERIIOUS24]

and obama won the nobel peace prize?

[Th2EyA0rEa1MoN2gUs]

@SERIIOUS24 Yes and that makes me want to puke, also that dildo Al Gore.

[etuHad4]

you need to have your crew wear a hat no matter how good their hair may look!

[StandUp555]

The Highest Praise for these protesters.

High Time to stop the crooked so-called "Elites" and their wars.

[phackqu]

AWESOME!!!PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNICITY UNITE!!!!END THE SEGREGATION/RACISM !!WE ARE ONE ORGANISM!EARTH's ORGANISM!

[freeadplanet]

Off the sidewalk!!! Getting arrested brings the NEWS... so getting arrested is the ultimate goal. Otherwise no ONE WILL CARE.

[jayrod59]

End these illegal wars and bring our troops home NOW!.

[f328owner]

I am surprizes i ask my granpa and his veitnam war friends did they know bay of tonken was a lie and reason to start war they said they never hear about bay of tonken wow they had no idea

[NicosNicosNicosNicos]

@f328owner That's amazing! The US was involved in the Vietnam war before that too though, and I guess though President Johnson used that lie as an excuse to pursue the war in a semblance of legality, I imagine the soldiers were sold a lot of other bunk such as "fighting the Soviet Threat" and all the other stuff the US when they did that kind of thing at the time.

[lornloxor]

When I heard Obama say that bit about making progress I just burst laughing thinking about that old Daily Show clip of Bush saying the same thing about Iraq where the timeline was reversed. Nothing has changed.

Good reporting. You're not gonna see this in the corporate media.

[davd1986]

@lornloxor LOL! Well of course not! The corporate media is pretty much paid to keep silent or work with the government. If we knew what we should know, there would be riots every day of the week.

[soccom8341576]

@davd1986 Not only riots, but boycotts would push the nasty corporatist out of business. People would actually make smarter choices what to consume. 

[rajasmasala]

@soccom8341576 It would be nice if some site was directing boycott operations, so they can become part of a standard daily routine, maybe with a widget and stuff like that. I would totally buy into that, particularly if part of the boycott operations was to offer alternatives unless there really are none.

[sonnybrown]

@lornloxor I woulda burst into laughing, if it weren't so sad... and true.

[venuecam]

@lornloxor Agreed. The Corporate media is for celebrity gossip, daily death tallies (fear) and contrived govt action on laughable things like (false-flag) terrorism, drug busts, etc. If you want truthful reporting these days you go straight to the net.

[venuecam]

@lornloxor I guess "significant progress" in govt speak means "in our (corporate) favour.

[Elin48]

@lornloxor we're not going to see this, but when and how can we?

[f328owner]

The reporter should have hat on

[caporalchef4]

Arresting veterans, brutaly or not, is shamefull. Being thrown down on your face and handcuffed like a fuckin thief or murderer when you have risked your life for your country is a goddamn shame. WTF is the matter with the USA???

[gmfutube]

@caporalchef4 J Edgar Hoover had that "hero" McAuthur open fire on Vets of WWI in DC during the depression

[roxy10151roxy]

@caporalchef4 being handcuffed behind your back is so painful when they pull up on you arms they fuck up your shoulders. i can only imagine how much worse it is for those seniors. irepairable damage!

[concen]

War Is A Racket

- Corp Major General Smedley Butler

[starlight1946]

Don't exclude the killings the Israelis have done to the Palestinians. Take down that Nazi Wall they put up and let those people have "freedom to come and go". Israel needs to stop stealing Palestinian Land.

[krum369]

Good to see people fighting the curropt system

[btigtime2]

Wow, wish I was there... Its ashame you can go to jail for speaking out.... first amendment is not worth the ink it was written with if people can not voice themselves in front of the white-house.