Students Protest at General Petraeus Address

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On Thursday, January 21, 2010, General David Petraeus addressed Georgetown students and faculty in Gaston Hall. Approximately 10 student protestors gathered inside and outside Gaston to condemn Petraeus's strategy in the Middle East and the university's decision to invite him.

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• Petraeus
• anti-war
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• CENTCOM
• Georgetown
• The Hoya

[Homecountry]

wow, there is a way to disagree with something and a way to exercise your freedom of speech. Disrespecting an American hero who defends your right to protest and all is not the way to go. It speaks of low intellect.

He is a GENERAL. His job is to - surprise - lead troops. How did Scipio win against Carthage, by giving them candy? Grow up and be in peace with human nature. War is a part of who we are as a people. America is winning, as it should be.

[SkullKing11841]

HEY all you little shits interrupting Petraeus, how about you get out of your warm comfy house's and class's and go to Afghanistan and see what the Taliban were doing to the and still does to the Afghan population and ask whether they want ISAF to leave or not Or because your all disrespectful shits just FUCKING GOOGLE IT! Like fucking 10 years ago hardly any boys went to school and no girls did. Now there in the numbers of hundreds of thousands of children of both genders going to school. USA!

[ServantoftheTRUEGOD]

A bunch of Emo kids yelling some bullshit. You know, to be honest, I think General Petraeus is one of the few Generals in U.S which I truly believe to have the best interest of the Iraqi and Afghan people. Either he is truly selfless and a hero or just plain fucking genius in the art of bullshitin'. The latter I don't think likely. Something about the man's eye deliver honesty and trust. Believe me. Coming from Castro's regime I happen to know bullshit when I hear it.

[TheSonicShockwave]

People die in wars. As sad as it is, every war will have it's casualties. I'll be waiting to hear an argument from you that's actually valid. Next..

[HDNighster1]

Interesting, liberals claim to be the champions of freedom and free speech for everyone. Yet, they are prohibiting from someone doing so.

[LINJ638]

FUCK THESE HIPPIES, ONCE MORE.

[LINJ638]

General Petreaus is like anyone's good parent that a child could relate to next to Peter Jennings, our late ABC News Editor & Anchor of World News Tonight. He seems like my only father in the world that I could talk to about my problems in my mind. To have someone in the general audience disrespect him in this kind of manner surelly breaks my heart. I will die for that man if not for anything else in this world left to live for.

[LINJ638]

I fucking hate these kids who are been pamper by their parents to be so spoiled and disrespectful and Arrogant at an American who protects this country's & citizen's bill of rights. A piece of paper in their hand means NOTHING and these stupid college students have one and go partying, sex, drugs, rock and roll and could NEVER prove to him that they can make an eloquent speech as good as he is. Neither these clown can show they are educated by been part of a team player.

[TheProsecuter]

These parasitic hippies would have done the same damn thing if General Eisenhower was giving a speech to them in the 1940's. Seriously these fools got nothing on Petraeus, they are just a bunch of stupid college kids with too much time on their hands and could never measure up to Petraeus, who graduated the hell hole known as the United States Military Academy, the hell hole known as Ranger School, and commaned numerous units including the 101st airforce, etc.

[Darkrunner1975]

I love watching hippies getting beat down. Stick to medicating yourselves with drugs. Don't you have some pot to score?