Could a liberal explain this?

Question

You say you support the troops (At least most of you do). Can you support and encourage our troops and at the same time give encouragement to the enemies which they are fighting? If you are giving encouragement to Al Queda, the shiite militias, the terrorists who are attacking our troops, how can this be considered supporting the troops?

Answer 1

They are not holding up signs and yelling, "Rah rah rah" just yet so let us count our blessings.

The terrorists know we are divided as a country and that is why they are encouraged.

They even know who our politicians are and that the Democratic party has the majority. I have friends in Iraq who say they will go so far as to mock the soldiers by saying the Republicans are finished, that Hillary will be in power soon, and that we will withdraw like cowards.

Answer 2

Yeah, I heard Howard Dean was organizing a black tie al Queda fundraiser. Not to mention the upcoming John Edwards al Queda telethon. And of course I would be remiss if I didn't mention all of the liberal-organized al Queda pep rallies that have become so common in the U.S. But perhaps the most troubling was Jane Fonda's recent trip to Bagdad in which she was photographed posing in a bikini next to a roadside bomb.

I don't know what you've been smoking but I want some.

Answer 3

Not to invoke Godwin's law but...

If you opposed Hitler's policies as a German in World War II, wouldn't you also be giving encouragement to the enemy?

Any disagreement with the the current government at time of war is going to encourage the enemy. That is sort of a given, isn't it?

The question then becomes: Is it more important to try to stop the warlike policies of a current administration, or to not do anything that might encourage the enemy of the army in the field?

Tough moral question. Of course in World War II the moral answer was easy, but the personal price for morals were very high obviously.

In the current situation, the same question applies: Is stopping Bush's current course of action more important than encouraging the enemy?

Put the question in those terms, and you have a viable discussion question. As it is, all you have are Liberal vs Conservative bashing, and there are enough people doing that around here already.

Answer 4

Wow. They're more obtuse than I even believed they were. They are completely missing the point.

They simply do not comprehend that when they make a hue and cry over Abu Ghraib, they were essentially voicing enemy propaganda. When the Dems called Gitmo a gulag or concentration camp, that was also voicing enemy propaganda. When they believed and moaned about the false allegations of abuse in Gitmo, they helped the enemy cause. When they LIE about the causes of war, and say Bush started it for lies and oil, they are supporting the enemy.

And when their leaders say that they'll pull out in 2009, the insurgents positively jump with joy, knowing they've already beaten the Democrats.

Yes, all this does in fact hurt the soldiers and encourage the enemy. Anybody who cares for truth can see that.

Answer 5

When this administration sends our troops into battle without a clear direction, without a clear plan for winning the peace and without the proper armor and equipment they need to get the job done, that's NOT supporting the troops that's ABUSING them.

When President Bush put our troops into harms way in Iraq he created a NEST for Al Queda that they have not had the necessary support to face.

I want to see Al Queda defeated but in the right way and by destroying terrorists not creating them.

Answer 6

That is so simple

You buy a coke your supporting the Coke Cola Corporation it's investors and all involved in the making and delivery of that product.

Later the same day you drink a cup of coffee likewise you are supporting the global coffee Industry.

Both are nothing more than a act of satisfying a superficial urge for physical gratification.

Americans are carnal beasts they support the troops (sure) and buy a Chinese made bumper sticker from Wallmart to prove it.

The term is so far removed from it's etymology it's laughable.

Florence Nightingale supported the troops.

Go big Red Go

Answer 7

We do not give encouragement to the enemy, Bush does. Every day that bush allows Moqtada Al Sadr to live after killing US Marines is proof.

You can say that liberals who think that the war was a STUPID REPUBLICAN IDEA that MISERABLY FAILED are "encouraging the enemy", but you would have to be drinking some serious cool-aid to really believe it.

I think that showing AlQueda that they can win a war against the US by picking the absolute worst time and place to invade does far more to embolden the enemy, and we all know who's responsible for that.

The American people have already been fooled by pro-war Republicans but they're had enough. Maybe you need a few more elections like the last one to see it.

Answer 8

I wonder what the mean age of all the subjects answering this question is? I think most should sit down and intelligently think out what they are saying. It is a communist socialist attitude that brings most of these answers. Democratic/Liberal attitude that is like a cancer withing the community and killing the body. Make a copy of all these answers ladies and gentlemen and hold everyone responsible for their answer in 10 years. If this thinking contiunues, we are finished as a free society.

Answer 9

Hey my good friend - the concept I hold is that killing or imprisoning men for using language we are threatened by gives their family just cause to seek revenge against us.
Therefore if we use our military to take human life - there must be obvious and clear cause how such actions were in defence and not malicious or power seeking. Else we only encourage peaceful people to become militant out of the tragedy of losing a loved one.

In addition to this the soldier mentality and psyche is under severe stress in a combat zone. If the mission is not clear and based on solid altruistic logic it creates mixed emotions and can badly damage their morale.
By sending good men on gestapo or guerilla style missions we turn them into mercenaries and risk their physical and mental safety. And if the mission parameters are predicated on false pretenses the very same thing occurs.

Soldiers are human beings who think, and talk, and observe.
They are not simple machines who will believe anything they are told - who the real danger is conflicting messages.
The real danger is false or twisted messages.

When you say training Iraqi soldiers and rebuild infrastructure but what you do is concentration camps, private home searches, and the only thing you are protecting is high paid oil contractors it causes some real problems in our ranks.

Hopefully when you choose your best answer and leave your comments - you will tell us if you are active military and if you have any idea what you are even talking about.

Answer 10

There you go again spewing the hate and the BS from Limbaugh (lame brain) and his ilk.

How dare you have the audacity to sit there and accuse someone, whom you have never met, of not supporting our troops, and worse, giving confort to the enemy.

When people walk in lockstep with their leaders they might as well have a totalitarian regime. Those that question their leaders and try to prevent them from doing stupid things are people who love democracy because that is what makes a democracy thrive, grow, and remain relevant.

It takes no brains or effort to live in a dictatorship all the thinking is done for one. Living in a democracy requires one to think, to reason, to research to question. And damn well worth it.

Answer 11

Yes we do support the troops (at least most of us do). That's why we want them to come home. They shouldn't have to be in that God awful mess over there. They're in the middle of a civil war and they've accomplished all that they can. Since we aren't getting any help from the Iraqis we should leave. I don't believe that Iraq will ever be a democracy. I don't think any Muslim country will ever be a democracy. Frankly, I just don't care about those people. They deserve everything they've gotten so far.