Comments on: Iraq Veterans Against The War DC Chapter Located in Petworth

By: Geezer

Geezer — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:37:37 +0000

Listening to the Winter Soldier testimonies were one of the most moving experiences I have had in a while. In addition to being moving, experiencing Winter Soldier reminds one of the limited scope of reporting about the war. There are millions of truths about how we got to Iraq and what we have done since the occupation, and the courageous testifiers are providing a voice to some of the stories that are ignored (and rejected) by our major media outlets.

I encourage everyone to check it out and a belated welcome to Petworth, Adam. Hope your lease works out.

And Happy Independence Day to all.

By: Adam Kokesh

Adam Kokesh — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:09:57 +0000

Wow, we can’t have a blog post about us in our own neighborhood without our stalkers finding it! Raoul Deming and Skye are the troop haters that troll the internet for material about us looking for an excuse to talk trash.

As an organization, we call for three things and three things only:
1 Withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq
2 Full benefits for returning vets
3 Reparations for Iraqis

If only Raoul and Skye weren’t pretending that they don’t know how to read in order to have a reason to criticize us. You can get more info about our organization at ivaw.org, including video footage from Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan, Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations. We want to empower all GWOT (Global War Of Terror) veterans to speak out about their experiences, and we wanted to portray the nature of occupation to the American people with this event.

It has been a great pleasure living in the Petworth neighborhood, and the support of our neighbors has been wonderful. I just hope we get renew our lease for another year!

By: Skye

Skye — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:02:16 +0000

They stressed that they are not against all wars but do advocate the immediate withdrawal of all troops in Iraq.

Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan

Your donation will help us bring Winter Soldier to a wider audience! Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan featured testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground.

This four-day event brought together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan -

http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier

By: Raoul

Raoul — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:34:02 +0000

“They stressed that they are not against all wars but do advocate the immediate withdrawal of all troops in Iraq.”

Funny that they didn’t mention that they are against the war in Afghanistan too.

Perhaps they’ll get to that LATER…

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:11:11 +0000

it’s definitely in Park View. that being said, cool to see the place exists!

By: saf

saf — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:05:45 +0000

Teacher – the errors are few and far between, and I should point out to PoP I really appreciate that fact. It makes my eyeballs bleed to read a lot of web content, because I am just that uptight. A well-written piece is a joy.

By: A Teacher

A Teacher — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:42:46 +0000

Wow, saf, someone besides me asking for spelling, grammar, usage and so-called typo corrections. I thought I was the only one out there who got distracted by such errors. But we still enjoy this blog, with the errors few and far between.

By: ShermanCircle

ShermanCircle — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:08:15 +0000

Regardless of what you’d call that neighborhood, it is good to have this organization set up to support the needs or returning troops, and an honor to have them choose our area/region/neighborhood.

Any word on why/how they picked this location?

By: Take5

Take5 — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:54:40 +0000

The deed to my house says “Columbia Heights”, Park View is the subdivision, just like Pleasant Plains is a subdivision of Columbia Heights. Originally,the Col Hghts metro station was going to be at Irving and Georgia ave. They were going to call that one South Col Heights station, and the one at New Hampshire North Col Heights. When the changed it over to 14th they also changed the names of the stations. I think Georgia Avneue/Petworth should be calle North Col Heights/Petworth. Right now it sounds like the station is in the center of Petworth, but it is at the southern most end and if it was across the street it would be Col Heights.

By: Sheepy

Sheepy — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:53:22 +0000

Melanie, I’m with you. I think Park View is correct, but I like to pretend it’s Petworth, because what does Park View have to offer?