Laura Belin plans to take her kids to a Memorial Day parade Monday. But there, at the urging of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the mom from suburban Des Moines, Iowa, expects to join others protesting the war in Iraq.
"Everyone knows that we're going to have to start getting our troops out," says Belin, 38. "And we need to start getting them out now."
Edwards has called on Americans to "honor the memory of the fallen by acting ... to end the war and bring (U.S. troops) home." He's also asking people to honor troops with prayer or even a word of thanks. But it's his appeal to speak out or attend holiday observances with signs saying "Support the Troops -- End the War" that has drawn protests from veterans and others.
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