During the Vietnam War the anti-war groups were basically unopposed; we were somewhere else. This time, those of us who served, are not going to let what happened to us happen to the men and women who now serve their country; we will do our best to prevent those in the military from being confronted and demeaned as many of us were. The Gathering of Eagles in March, to my knowledge, was the first time for a nationally organized anti-war demonstration to be confront by more anti-anti-war patriots; 3 times more veterans than anti-war demonstrators. This was our awakening; at our age we have the time, the money and the desire to do what we believe is right. Another Gathering will take place on September 15th when we show up in D.C. to support General Petraeus.
