do you believe you can "support the troops" but not the president?

Question

i do, and certainll Tom Delay does too!

Bring them home!

Answer 1

Sadly it's come to the point when the best way to support our troops...is to oppose our president.

Answer 2

I never wanted Bush in office to begin with. I support the troops and not the president. My son is in the military and so is my son in law. I am torn because I feel that if they came home they would not be finishing the mission. I see how the troops being deployed strains marriages. I myself am a former military wife and have been through deployments. Then I think, are we wasting our time and money over there anyway. I feel that once the mission is complete, that it will go back to the way it was before and terrorists will move in more than they already have. I don't want to see anymore innocent Americans die for something that will probably fail in the end anyway.

Answer 3

The President is the Commander and Chief of our Army, and he makes decisions that not only him but many others feel are best for the security of our country. My husband is active duty Army and I feel very strongly that whether people agree with the President they need to respect him and pray for him on a regular basis. Our troops are doing what they are told to do, as part of their job. They take an oath to protect and serve the people of the United States, whether they agree with the orders or not, it is their job. For an individual to dislike the President is one thing, to be disrespectful to him is another- and it is wrong. To take their anger of society out on our troops for simply doing their job is also wrong- Hate the war, that is fine but it is for them what doing a powerpoint presentation is to coroprate America- just their job! I love my husband and I believe he, and all of our soldiers should be thanked on a regular basis. If not for them, we would have a very different society..... one where people wouldn't be able to take bad about our President or our troops.

Answer 4

I think it is an issue of supporting what the troops stand for: Equality, freedom of expression, being able to do what's right. I support the troops for what they do, with very few exceptions (our troops have been known to commit crimes, but that is a minuscule percentage). I support the president for wanting to free a country under tyranny. I do not support his allowances of non-military people (Rummy and Cheney) running the show. That happened in Vietnam, and it looks like we're in a similar situation.

Answer 5

I do support our troops! But, you know, in all fairness, to President Bush, I would not want his job. He had barely gotten into office when 9/11 occurred, and it seems it been a downhill trip for him since. Although, I don't always go along with ALL of his ideas, I do pray for him, as well as out troops.

Answer 6

Yes.

They're not joined at the hip. The military is OURS, not the President's, and are sworn to follow orders. We FULLY support our soldiers, and their efforts, and hope for a quick/safe return.

But we'd be STUPID not to question a President who initially sent our troops to Iraq under WELL-ESTABLISHED false pretense, then came up with two other convenient and unrelated reasons when needed. At this point it's OBVIOUS he's not being honest about his reasons or intentions, which makes us worry about the possibly unnecessary deaths of our soldiers.

It's our soldiers duty to RISK their lives in defense of America, NOT to throw their lives away on some whim of the President. It's immoral and unethical for the President to disregard their duty and honor by meeting it with lies and/or secret intent.

Those who support this (or any) President blindly, are not practicing American historical values. It is his job to enact the will of the people, not coerce his will upon us. Anyone who thinks differently is ignorant of world history, and the reasons why our forefathers set our government up as they did.

Consider the increased powers our President now has. Now imagine a President you HATE or FEAR having those same powers. Our forefathers attempted to create a country where leaders could NEVER have that sort of power. Without ALL of our freedoms and liberties, we are NO LONGER AMERICA as we have always defined ourselves, nor are we the country that so many others respected. Bush stated that terrorists threaten our freedom, which only our own government can do, before he reduced our freedom with the Patriot Act. Does this mean the terrorists have already won?

As Patrick Henry said, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH! "

Now THAT, my dear Bush Zombies, is THE AMERICAN WAY.

Answer 7

Why not? I'm surprised at Tom De Lay's statement, but maybe he's not getting his daily talking points anymore. The troops didn't have anything to do with the President's decision to go to war or to stay in Iraq. They're just doing their job, admirably and heroically.

Answer 8

Most definitely. This is the lesson we learned from Vietnam when we were spitting on returning servicemen and calling them "baby killers". We learned that it wasn't their fault--they were just doing what we paid them to do; blindly follow their leaders whether their leaders are idiots or not.
But in this country, the majority rules, so we have a president that most people wanted which only goes to prove 51% of the people in this country who vote have no business voting.
Our troops should have our support until they do something to lose it (e.g., the rape/murder crime in Iraq). That guy and his moron buddies get no support at all--we should be clamoring for their heads.
Now, let's get our troops out of there, find Osama bin Laden, and kick the sh*t out of that madman in North Korea before we find ourselves looking at the business end of an intercontinenal ballistic missile.

Answer 9

Absolutely, you can support the troops! One must understand that the troops and the president are too different entities.

Answer 10

Yes, of course, but anyone who knows history and understands what "our troops are fighting for will support our commander in chief. He may not always be right but he is doing what he believes is in the best defense of our wonderful country. Any person who lives in this country and enjoys the freedoms and opportunities, and understands history will understand how fragile in the world today this status may be. Oh ye who will not see!!!