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"For 23 months of destruction, these factions have shown no real national stance - not in politics, not in relief work, not even in respecting the people's will," he said.

And gosh, they all happen to be issues where the GOP stance is unpopular, even with some of their base.

The protests - with the homemade messaging - captured attention but did nothing to alter the club's stance.

Soon officers were told to adopt the "show of strength" stance, meaning they should take batons out of their holders and above their heads, pointing upwards.

Common Defense, in fact, goes beyond an anti-war stance to address the underlying ills that make such wars so much more likely.