American Legion Will Fight the Release Of Abu Ghraib Photos

Posted on October 6, 2005

I’m listening to O’Reilly and he is talking to Commander Thomas Bock of the American Legion, of which I am proudly a member of. Thomas Bock says that the ACLU does not stand for American values, but the American Legion does. They think the release of these photos will unleash untold violence.

Bill tells him to make some noise. The American Legion has 2.7 million members, and the ACLU brags about 400,000, but they make more noise than the other side does.

Here is a little info from Worldnet Daily

In a letter to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, national commander of the Legion, Thomas L. Bock, said Gonzales should lead the way in overturning Hellerstein’s “extremely dangerous” ruling, adding it could produce additional dangers for American troops still fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan by further enraging Iraqis.

“This ruling is deplorable,” Bock said. “It will only serve to rally the insurgents into a frenzied crescendo of violence against our servicemen and women, indeed against all Americans living and working overseas.”

Bock said he would lead the 2.7-million member organization in a fight against Hellerstein’s ruling and would “make the journey” with Gonzales “all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.”

In his ruling, Hellerstein said he merely was upholding American ideals.

“Our nation does not surrender to blackmail, and fear of blackmail is not a legally sufficient argument to prevent us from performing a statutory command,” he wrote. “Indeed, the freedoms that we champion are as important to our success in Iraq and Afghanistan as the guns and missiles with which our troops are armed.”

Bock disagreed, suggesting it would, instead, pose a danger to those fighting to establish similar principles of freedom and democracy in war-torn Iraq.

“This decision will put teachers, lawyers, ministers, and workers of charitable organizations who are helping the Iraqis and the Afghans rebuild their societies into the crosshairs of terrorist killers,” said Bock.

“Four U.S. missionaries died in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Mosul a few months back; two were women. These killers have demonstrated time and time again they can and will target innocent foreigners in a heartbeat. Given the expected widespread publication of these photos, no American would be safe,” he said.

I will be going to my Legion Post this weekend, and I will get them fired up, and ready to do something about the ACLU. I suggest everyone write to start making some noise about the ACLU. If we don’t start developing a loud voice, we will continue to allow the ACLU to run over us, and force its ideas on our culture. Thank God for great organizations like the American Legion, willing to fight the ACLU and its agenda to destroy our cultural values.

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11 Responses to “American Legion Will Fight the Release Of Abu Ghraib Photos”

pantheria on October 6th, 2005 10:10 pm

okay we should make some loud noise but where ?
pantheria on October 6th, 2005 10:11 pm

cant bush do anything ?
Jay on October 6th, 2005 10:48 pm

Not when the almighty Court speaks. Start making noise to Congress.
bbustard on October 6th, 2005 11:01 pm

I have a really hard time understanding you guys. The ACLU fights to support the constitution. It often screws up. I often make mistakes as well. But it is defending Rush Limbaugh that his medical records should remain private, and it did make sure that a KKK group was allowed to march in Illinois.
It’s probably one of the most principled organizations in the U.S. Your position is that you support a strict interpretation of the Constitution, unless you don’t like it. Huh?
Why such hate?
bbustard on October 6th, 2005 11:01 pm

I have a really hard time understanding you guys. The ACLU fights to support the constitution. It often screws up. I often make mistakes as well. But it is defending Rush Limbaugh that his medical records should remain private, and it did make sure that a KKK group was allowed to march in Illinois.
It’s probably one of the most principled organizations in the U.S. Your position is that you support a strict interpretation of the Constitution, unless you don’t like it. Huh?
Why such hate?
bbustard on October 6th, 2005 11:03 pm

Sorry for the double posting. My bad
actus on October 7th, 2005 11:58 am

Have any of these people read the Freedom of Information Act?
patd95 on October 7th, 2005 1:35 pm

Principled Organizations! Have you visited an ACLU Web Site? What the hell are you smoking? Get another dime bag and visit the many sites of this so called principled organization. If you have any sense of fairness, what you see and read should make you feel ill.
ThatblueDress on October 7th, 2005 2:07 pm

This Bill O’Reilly?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1013043mackris16.html

Yep – Small time tools loving big time tools. Good luck on your campaign…
loboinok on October 7th, 2005 6:43 pm

“This Bill O’Reilly?”

Nah…sounds more like National Enquirer!
Are you one of those N.E., Globe, Star morons?
Jo on October 8th, 2005 7:42 am

The ACLU is not defending Rush – they offered to, he turned them down