The veterans could not believe that the U.S. military would turn against 
fellow soldiers 
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their ignorance abounds.
you don't threaten the US government if you want to live.

On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 3:24:40 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote:
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>    Dr. Eowyn posted: "Have you heard of Operation American Spring? That's 
> the name of a planned march on Washington, D.C., on May 16. Retired U.S. 
> Army colonel Harry Riley is calling upon millions of patriots to march upon 
> Washington D.C. to remove Pres. Obama, VP Biden,"    Respond to this post 
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> <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>  Will the U.S. military 
> put down a Veterans’ March on D.C. in 2014 as in 
> 1932?<http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/01/07/will-the-u-s-military-put-down-a-veterans-march-on-d-c-in-2014-as-in-1932/>
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> Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>  
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> Have you heard of *Operation American Spring 
> <http://www.truthandaction.org/operation-american-spring-ret-colonel-creates-march-washington-may-16-2014/>*
> ?
>
> That's the name of a planned march on Washington, D.C., on May 16.
>
> *Retired U.S. Army colonel Harry Riley *is calling upon millions of 
> patriots to march upon Washington D.C. to remove Pres. Obama, VP Biden, AG 
> Eric Holder, Senators Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell, and Reps. John 
> Boehner and Nancy Pelosi from office.
>
> Riley calls it “OPERATION AMERICAN SPRING – Beginning Of Tyranny 
> Housecleaning” and conceives of three main phases to the plan:
>
>    1. Field as many as ten million unarmed patriots to peacefully 
>    assemble in Washington, D.C. 
>    2. At least one million of the assembled 10 million to stay in D.C. as 
>    long as it takes to see the removal from office of Obama, *et al*. 
>    3. Principled politicians like former Congressman Allen West and 
>    former Sen. Jim DeMint; Senators Ted Cruz, Mike Lee, Rand Paul; Reps. 
>    Trey Gowdy and Pete Sessions; Gov. Scott Walker; and Dr. Ben Carson to 
>    comprise a tribunal to convene investigations and recommend appropriate 
>    charges against politicians and government employees who have violated the 
>    Constitution. 
>
> But my friend *John J. Molloy 
> <http://veterans-coalition.org/index-2.html>*, Vietnam War veteran and 
> chairman of the National Vietnam & Gulf War Veterans Coalition, invokes the 
> tragedy of the *Bonus Army* and urges caution.
>
> [image: Bonus 
> Army]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bonus-army.jpg>
>
> In 1932, in the midst of the Great Depression, ten thousand unemployed 
> U.S. military veterans of World War I converged on Washington, D.C., to 
> demand the cash bonus promised to them by the "bonus certificates" they 'd 
> been issued after the war.
>
> From late May to mid-June, 10,000 veterans occupied America's capital, 
> camping in tents and wooden shacks, with tens of thousands more on their 
> way. But the U.S. Senate rejected the Bonus Army's demands.
>
> On July 16, 1932, near midnight, *President Herbert Hoover* ordered the 
> military to evacuate the veterans from downtown Washington, D.C.
>
> *General Douglas MacArthur *was put in command; his major aide was future 
> General and U.S. President *Dwight Eisenhower*. More than 200 calvarymen, 
> among whom was the future general* George Patton*, 400 infantrymen, *and 
> tanks* advanced into the Bonus Army camp. Soldiers armed with bayonets 
> and wearing gas masks, without warning, hurled tear gas at the vets.
>
> [image: Bonus Army 
> tanks]<http://fellowshipofminds.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/bonus-army-tanks.jpg>
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> The vets were driven from their tents. The soldiers burned the tents, 
> wooden shacks, and their contents. The vets were driven across the bridge. 
> General MacArthur ignored an order not to pursue them. Hoover, for his 
> part, retired to bed.
>
> The veterans could not believe that the U.S. military would turn against 
> fellow soldiers and that their countrymen would not support them.
>
> Here's a video on the Bonus Army. (Read more about them on 
> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army>
> .)
>
> Here's an email from John Molloy urging a revision of the planned 
> Operation American Spring:
>
> *The protest  scheduled for May 16th about a week before ROLLING THUNDER, 
> hopes to have 10 million veterans gathered in protest and desires that 1 
> million remain in DC until their objectives are attained.   I have 
> concerns that this administration would love to get us all in one place and 
> haul us away for good or worse. We cannot allow ourselves to be hamstrung 
> at the outset Not putting all our eggs in one basket is a good idea).*
>
> *I think that it would be better to conduct protests at the local offices 
> of representatives and senators on that day while the leadership conducts a 
> press conference in DC to note the solidarity of the effort.  Given the 
> state of economy and the government's demeanor, I suspect that it might be 
> better to do this countrywide rather than in one place.*
>
> *We cannot trust the CinC not to do worse [than what Pres. Hoover did to 
> the Bonus Army of 1932].  Please give the plan very careful consideration. 
> If we are perceived as a threat and you may be certain that there would be 
> government operatives in the crowd who would incite an adverse response for 
> the sake of publicity to justify their actions. Having engaged in numerous 
> protests on behalf of our POWs, the people in authority get very touchy 
> and members of law enforcement sometimes get belligerent (just doing their 
> job).*
>
> *~Eowyn*
>   *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/author/eowyn2/>* | January 
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