anti-war does not mean anti troops.?

Question

why do some people not understand this.

Answer 1

Exactly I couldnt have said it better! I am antiwar but I support my husband everyday and he is a soldier.

Answer 2

Because the government has framed the debate to make it appear as though the troops want to be in Iraq "to finish their mission." I'm sure that given the choice, most troops would come home in a heartbeat. But it's not up to them, nor is it up to them to determine when they've finished "their" mission.

As an anti-war activist I know that a soldier's opposition is worth the opposition of 100 civilians. On moral grounds, I support the troops because I don't want them to be maimed or killed for a someone else's mistake. On a practical level, I support them because they are the ones who can grind this war to a halt faster than anyone else. And they will eventually, just like they did in Vietnam because the government's idea of supporting the troops is to treat them like crap.

Answer 3

Yes, actually, it does. How can you support them if you do not believe in what they are doing? 90% of being in the military (for me) was knowing that I was doing the right thing. After I got out, someone told me that all I did was train killers for the next generation (not quite accurate, I was an aviation electronics technician, but they didn't know that), and I will be honest with you. It hurt, and it made me feel bad that all this individual thought that the only purpose of the military is to kill people. The United States has a history of promoting democracy and supporting it wherever it could be found, and I believe that is what we are doing. I left the military shortly after 9/11, and my reasons for doing so are my own, but they did not include me thinking that what we were doing was wrong.

If you don't support the mission, you don't support the troops.

Answer 4

Anti-war leads to Anti-troops VietNam was proof of that

Nice try

Answer 5

I agree you can be anti war and still support the troops. I do not actually agree with the war, but i will always support the troops in whatever they do, and hopefully all will come home soon :-)

Answer 6

because some of the anti-war groups put people like Cindy shehan out in Front as there representative.

She is more likely to garner attention than your average calm person on the street.

problem is she is a screeching B****. I have a lot of sympathy and compassion for parents who lost their kids, but i have never seen some one take so much pleasure in draping them self's in the blood of their own children as she does.

She was the worst choice to represent the Anti-war movement because she wore her politics on her sleeve. she wasn't a child deprived mother, she was an anti-war nut from before time and had rejected her own son, only to take him back after he was killed.

You want people to understand that, then kick Cindy out, kick nuts like Streisand and Moore and all those other limo liberals out with her and I guarantee people's views would change.

Mine won't but I would have a lot more respect for your beliefs.

Answer 7

My dad served in the Air Force during Vietnam and he told me that you can be anti-war and that's not the same thing as being anti-troops. For example, I'm against the war in Iraq but always will apreciate what they are doing. Thanks for your time!

Answer 8

I have no idea, as I agree with you completely. I do not agree with the political decisions that have placed our troops in harm's way. But since they are there and I can't change that, I pray for the soldiers to come home safely. Just how complicated is that?

Answer 9

via fact to the troops once you're saying you do no longer help the conflict it says you do no longer help what they're stated as to do, subsequently no longer helping the adult males and girls folk battling in it. in basic terms like in Vietnam, our troops did no longer asked to circulate to conflict, they have been in basic terms despatched and did as they have been ordered to do. i understand this from own adventure, my husband served in Iraq. regrettably, maximum folk do no longer differentiate, such as you probably did, that they help the troops. they simply publically say that they do no longer help the conflict. consistent with danger if greater human beings could carry "help the troops" rallies in stead of "protest the conflict" rallies then the troops could get the excellent thought. additionally the media is fairly biased. They concentration plenty greater on the anti-conflict protests than the pro-troop supporters. thank you for helping the adult males and girls folk of our military!!!

Answer 10

Probably because Kerry suggested only stupid people go to war, or the "baby killer" slogans. I support your right to be antiwar, fully, but harrassing soldier burials and calling up parents of dead soldiers to tell them their son/daughters died in vain is what gets people riled.

Answer 11

Sometimes they sound exactly the same. Like when someone a.k.a John Kerry makes a joke about the military's intelligence.