Protestors Voice Opposition on Bush at Graduation.

COLORADO SPRINGS - It was not all pomp and circumstance at the Air Force Academy Wednesday morning. With the war in Iraq, protestors have become a common sight at Air Force Academy graduation ceremonies. So it should come as little surprise that protestors were there once again this year with President George W. Bush in town.

Sign after sign lined the entrance to the Academy's north gate entrance. In all, about twenty protestors, both young and old, voiced their opposition to the Bush administration and the war in Iraq.

"I just really don't like George Bush and the war that much," says Peter Rule, who was protesting with his grandmother.

"We believe that Bush is illegitimate and we're here to show our opposition to that and to be a voice for peace and justice in a time when we still have a leader in power who is committed to the exact opposite," says Peter Haney, Director of the Peacemaking Program at the Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission. Haney's group was responsible for organizing the protest.
While some in attendance are opposed to the military in general, others made a point to separate the cadets from their commander.

"Yes, it's a graduation and this is the venue where Bush happens to be speaking and I feel like I'm protesting Bush, not necessarily the commencement or the soldier's work or the cadets in this case," says Sophie Glass, a student at Colorado College.

Several protestors say that depending on the status of the war and the commencement speaker, they could very well be protest again at next year's ceremony.


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