People-

The point of my post was to bring up the fact that it appears most peace activists act as if blind to the fact that our government must act with aggression, in some cases, in order to react and suppress those who threaten the United States and our country's allies or interests.

How can these people think that every terrorist cell or militant group that hates the US can be dealt with peacefully?

Any one of these groups would jump at the chance to blow up a group of Americans, including a group of gathered peace activists, in support of their beliefs. People like this cannot be dealt with lightly.

I fully believe in our right to speak freely, and would support an activist's right to exercise that constitutional right, just as any other.

Skydriftin, there is a BIG difference between suppressing someone constitutional rights versus arguing that their heads are in the wrong place, and that they don't have a clue on how do deal with these groups of people.