SCHODACK, N.Y. -- Many people lined the streets in Schodack, protesting the War in Iraq on its fifth anniversary. People waved signs to honking cars driving by on Route 9 and 20.
Demonstrators say five years has been too long to be fighting a war that many say shouldn't be going on in the first place.
"I don't have anyone overseas. I have great empathy for the people that are over there," said protestor Wendy Dwyer. "We've lost about 4,000 soldiers, we've lost about a million Iraqis. We have destroyed a beautiful country. We have damaged our name in the world."
Many people lined the streets in Schodack, protesting the War in Iraq on its fifth anniversary. Demonstrators say five years has been too long to be fighting a war that many say shouldn't be going on in the first place.
"And people in this area, there are a lot of young men and women in this area that have gone over and they need to be here, they don't need to be there. We need to bring our service people home. This does not need to become another Vietnam," said Ann Atwater, another protestor.
Similar rallies took place in Saratoga Springs, Voohesville and Albany to mark the day.