Posted on 06/01/2006 8:45:43 AM PDT by screw boll
We support the troops, but we oppose the mission.
We support the troops, but we say they work, bleed, and die for nothing (or for Big-Oil).
We support the troops, but we oppose their Commander in Chief, Defense Secretary, and Generals.
We support the troops, but “Iraq is Bush’s Vietnam,” a war where we also supported the troops (with eggs and stones…).
We support the troops, but they terrorize women and children in the dark of the night.
We support the troops, but their actions are comparable to the Soviet gulags and of some mad regime.
We support the troops, but we only rally around a mother who attacks the troops and the mission (Mother Syndy).
We support the troops, but an anti-war based, misquoting-troops filled, film producer gets a prominent seat at out convention.
We support the troops, but we jump to judgment when a prison scandal is on the horizon.
We support the troops, but we accept a false Newsweek story (Koran flushing…).
We support the troops, but we do not wait for a military trial to determine the facts surrounding the killings of 24 innocent Iraqis.
We support the troops, but we smear all of them for the actions of merely a dozen people (in the prison scandal).
We support the troops, but only if they accuse their fellow solders in committing atrocities in Vietnam, or Cambodia (’04).
We support the troops, but we voted for a “loathing the military” person who ran for president against a war hero, (’92).
We support the troops, but we count their death toll as an investment or commodity.
We support the troops, but we usually set negative-filled anniversaries for dates such as “three years since the war,” or “three years since mission accomplished.”
Troops to these supporters: We thank you for your support, but… no thanks.
Excellent post.
This must be an example of how people think differently about things.
With the democRATS there is always a but......(BUTT)
You CANNOT support the troops without supporting their mission. The moment you begin splitting those hairs, the criticosm of the mission is an implicit criticism of the troops.
Did you root for your fellow Americans to lose, because that's what motivates these "Troop Supporters"?
The point is, the Rats don't support the troops and haven't since the 60s. As I have said so many times before, the Hallmarks of liberalism (Rat party members) are ingratitude and envy.
Don't worry, SB, Mr. Kerry is a first-class a**hole - and he knows it.
Remember his remark when asked by the press if "that car(an SUV)" was his car? The answer: "No, that's the family's not mine." Even the most liberal reporter in the gaggle smirked at that incredibly stupid answer.
God bless troops an to Hell with Mr. Kerry.
Kerry was nothing but a spoiled brat that never held a real job in his life and he resented the hell out of having to serve. I am sure there will be a warm place by the fire for him.
Why can't you support the troops by saying what a good job they are doing obeying their orders...yet not agree with the orders?
Criticising the mission, has nothing to do with the troops, they did not create the mission.
How does this work for the troops that are democrats? Do they not support themselves or each other?
I have had some misgivings about making Iraq our next target after Afghanistan -- would have thought Syria or Iran would have been better choices. But I'nm not in charge (thankfully), so what do I know?
But wherever our troops are and no matter whether I or anyone else agrees with their mission, and regardless of whether I like the President or not, those troops have my support and my deepest gratitude for their service.
yep.
Today, on my prayer thread I asked: Please remember to pray for our military. Between dealing with the enemy overseas, and the enemies of the military at home, they need our prayers and good wishes and support.
People with the attitudes your post demonstrates here are why we need to pray like that. We are fighting a war on two fronts (and I'm not talking about the various locations in the Middle East.)
KAC
Pray for the immigration crisis:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1640434/posts
It's a relative, right?
Exactly. I was the same way. Didn't like the mission, didn't like the CIC, didn't think we had any business being there, but was behind the troops and the mission from the moment they were in harms way.
Yet another person who has been reading my blogs. :)
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