In contrast to the hundreds in support of Sheehan at the there were less than a dozen pro-war demonstrators gathered under a banner that read "God Bless our Soldiers, Liberating the World of One Tyrant at a Time," reported PageOneQ photographer and blogger, Joe Tresh. (Mr. Tresh's blog is Joe Tresh's Washington)

"We are gathered here to support Cindy Sheehan in her quest for truthful answers from President Bush about Iraq. This is a call to conscience! This is about supporting our troops who have served honorably and bravely under impossible conditions. They went under orders of their Commander-in-Chief to a war of choice unprepared and under equipped. President Bush, you owe us an explanation! The only noble thing in this rotten war has been our noble sons and daughters who answered the call to serve their country, something you could not have understood or valued.

"President Bush, we are not radical political extremists as the right-wing media would like to portray us. We are citizens - ordinary mothers and fathers who are fed up with painful and insulting lies. We have carried the weight of your disastrous policy on our shoulders while half of the population has been intentionally or unintentionally ignorant of our plight. For many, it has been convenient to believe they are supporting the troops with their yellow magnets.

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