Nearly 500 veterans and active duty soldiers marched through the streets of Washington, DC on Monday to show their support for presidential candidate Ron Paul. Men and women traveled from across the country to be part of the historic march.
One soldier, 26, traveled alone, all the way from Alaska to participate. He asked that he remain anonymous, as he was breaking military directives by attending. The soldier from Alaska said that the march was “humbling and powerful” and definitely worth the risk. He told Examiner, “I shared some emotional moments with my brothers and sisters in arms. All in all, it was an amazing day.”
He continued,
I decided to support Ron Paul during the 2008 campaign while I was still deployed in Afghanistan. I started asking questions after witnessing so many injustices occur there.
Not only is Ron Paul the only veteran remaining in the race, he understands that our foreign policy is deeply flawed. Pretending that occupying other countries won’t have some repercussions is absolutely ignorant. The fact of the matter is we create more enemies than we can kill.
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Not unexpectedly, the mainstream media also largely neglected to report on the “Ron Paul is the Choice of the Troops” march in DC. One of the few videos about the event was made by RT, a Russian media outlet. One ABC article listed the march as having “dozens” of troops marching. After outrage in the comments, “dozens” was changed to “several hundred.” NBC was at the event recording, but never aired the footage.
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