How can you say you support our troops, but then say the Iraq war is not able to be won?

Question

Support is knowing our troops will get the job done, not saying that their fight is a lost cause.

Answer 1

Everyone supports the troops ... they are our side. Everyone voted for and trusted the president to do the best for us in the war against terrorism ... he has failed us. He chose to invade Iraq for personal reasons with information he knew to be false. He wanted to control or secure the oil and be reelected in what was known would be a close election. In 1965 I was at the US Army Transportation Center and School where there was a new military vehicle on display that used water as a fuel. We could have been using that technology since then, but it was not released to the public so big oil could make lots of money. The link below is about the use of water as a fuel. We could save15.6% of oil today and 10,000 lives each year by slowing our speed to 55mph.

Answer 2

Our troops are doing an almost super-human job. But they've been thrown into a situation where there *is* no clear winning scenario--or if there is, nobody in power is able to explain it. Look at it this way: which supports our troops more?
* To send even more of them into someone else's Civil War, when the ones already there don't have enough armor to protect them? Or to question the wisdom of that?
* To commit even more of them overseas, when already most of them who are there were promised that they could have a break, and go home and see their families, loooong ago but those promises are being broken? Or to ask why we can't keep our promises to the ones already fighting?

To simplify the matter to thinking that saying "I believe the war can be won!" against increasing intelligence that it cannot is like thinking that "I believe in fairies!" is all it takes to make the world a better place. We say we support our troops because we are trying desperately to do what is best for the human beings who make up those troops.

Answer 3

I see these as two different questions. First of all, "support" is not knowing our troops will get the job done. It means truly supporting the troops with our actions.

Supporting the troops means that we make sure they have the tools they need to fight. This means adequate body armor, armored Humvees, and enough fresh troops to do the job. Remember the National Guardsman who spoke out about having to patch together scrap metal to put on their Humvee because it had no armor plating? Remember when soldiers' families had to buy them body armor? I personally contributed to a National Guard fund to make sure all our local Guardsmen had that armor.

Supporting the troops goes far beyond just helping with equipment. It also means giving support to the families left at home, especially Guard families. Did you know that some National Guard units are on their third deployment? Do you know what that means economically and emotionally to their families? Some organizations and individuals are donating money to pay for things like phone cards so that soldiers can regularly call their loved ones from the front. I convinced the company I work for to provide free services to the families of active duty troops in Iraq, especially for Guardsmen, some of whom have lost their jobs (self employed businessmen) because of continuing deployments.

Still another way to support the troops is to make sure they have adequate health care when they return. Did you know that the Congress slashed VA funding in 2004? Did you hear of the returning Iraq soldier who just this last month committed suicide because he was denied the mental health treatment he so desperately needed? These troops have given their all for our country, and it is a disgrace that our government has decided that caring for them after they have been wounded is a low priority. Like me, I hope you are lobbying your members of Congress to reinstate and fully fund all VA hospitals and outpatient centers.

I do that and say Iraq cannot be won. It has been destabilized and has degenerated into a civil war. Our presence there has not stabilized the county. We have completed our mission to oust Saddam and bring him to trial. To stay on is not "winning"--it is wasting the lives of our troops. The Iraqis will continue fighting whenever we depart--so why not depart now, when our casualties are less than 4,000 rather than wait until they are 50,000?

Answer 4

In the same amount of time we've been in Iraq, our grandfathers were able to whip Mussolini, Tojo, and Hitler on three different fronts.
We have the most capable military in history, so why don't we win this thing? Everey soldier I've talked to who's been over there says we don't have enough guys on the ground and that's been from the start. Yet Bush and Rumsfeld insisted we've got enough
It's the same as in Vietnam. Two indigenous people fighting and we're in the middle with no real plan for victory. It's the politicians losing this thing, not the troops..

Answer 5

As you know a good military man does not question orders. They fight when their told to fight. They do what the boss tells them to do. I support them and the American way. Sometimes the American way is shoved down the rest of the worlds throat and I don't agree with that. But it's not the fault of our troops. They do what their told. But their Americans and that makes them one of us. As a Marine I did what I was told and followed orders with pride. When there are so many questions on why we are there and what our intentions are then it's hard to support the cause or the personal vendetta of a chuckle head president. I support my brother and everyone else over there and just pray George W isn't writing checks our a** can't cash.

Answer 6

When You join the forces you don't pick and choose where you go to protect your countries interests, you just go where ever you are assigned, and the troops must always be supported NO MATTER WHAT, they don't make the decisions. This might not be everyones idea of a fair and just war, but then again when is it fair and just. Unfortunately there will always be wars and there will always be the necessity of troops.

Answer 7

The Army is a blunt instrument designed for killing. That's what the troops are trained to do and do best. They are great at that job.

We are trying to build a democracy in Iraq. Troops cannot accomplish that mission. Democracy cannot be imposed by gun-barrel diplomacy. I doubt you would be swayed to a Muslim theocracy if there was a pan-Arab force in this country. As we all know, its more likely we would all be up in the mountains yelling "Wolverines!"

Answer 8

You are dead wrong. How many deaths will be enough for you? Is 3000+ not enough? I support our troops, I want them to have better armour, I want them HOME! This war has achieved nothing but completing Bush's "Kill Saddam" agenda. What has it gained for the Iraqis' or America for that matter? There are more Iraqi's dying than when Hussein was in power, they are mired in civil war, terrorism has actually increased, in America gas prices and the deficit are rising, people are becoming divided and losing confidence in our Government, and abroad we have become the most hated country in the world. The whole "If you don't support the war, you don't support the troops" thing is getting old. It is Republican propaganda to guilt Americans into supporting the Iraq debacle.

Answer 9

this question is soooo drained and flatly untrue. For the 11th-gazillion-time; in case you disagree with the conflict (and which would be 70% people) it would not propose you do no longer help the troops. via that rational; in case you help the conflict then you definately might desire to assist killing people. Is that real? NO. So knock it off with the no longer helping the troops crap. I appreciate, appreciate and am forever grateful to the noble men and girls persons who placed their lives on the line. a lot so as that i'm prepared to communicate up and rigidity the government to get them out of the insane bloody quagmire George Bush led them into. helping the troops potential worrying sufficient to deliver them homestead, no longer leaving them over there in a unjustified conflict to die.

Answer 10

Support is understanding that the troops are carrying out the actions that our government asks of them and hoping for thier safety and success. You do not have to feel that thier goal is attainable.
We see examples of support everyday where we do not expect a positive outcome. For years my father tried to quit smoking, everyone was very supportive and wanted him to succeed and encouraged him to keep up the good work even though we knew from past experience that he would most likely light up again within a few weeks.
You are truely supporting someone when you stand behind them even if you feel the odds are against them.