2007-03-06 21:20:42 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
If you care so much about supporting the troops then why don't you go join them?
2007-03-06 21:37:12 · update #1
I have a better idea..Why don't we send all the anti-war softies to the front lines with you leading the charge
2007-03-06 21:25:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 5⤋
Oh, ok, so you're saying I should join my husband on the front lines? What about the children of military families... them too? Please, if you cant stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them. I have made a sacrafice in my daily life to help defend and support this country... have you?
2007-03-06 23:08:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
I propose sending the anti-war protesters to the front. At least there they can do some good when they are stacked up like sandbags. They make better cannon fodder.
2007-03-07 01:30:49 · answer #3 · answered by My world 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country." – Teddy Roosevelt
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." – Teddy Roosevelt
"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." – Mark Twain
"In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot." – Mark Twain
2007-03-06 21:41:03 · answer #4 · answered by dstr 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
If you're so opposed to the war and the troops why don't you give up all the rights that they're protecting?
2007-03-07 00:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by permh20 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Because most of them have already served in the military or are too old.
Can you name one time you put your butt on the line for a cause you believed in?
Personally, I hold people in total contempt when they tell other to serve when they have never done so themselves.
2007-03-07 01:30:04 · answer #6 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yeah. I have thought that many a time. It is a narrow view, and filled with hate, but i feel that way after corporate thugs and company (ie the Bush administration, chicken hawks all) got us into this mess to line their pockets. I check every single day how many soldiers have died, and how many iraqis have died. I wonder how many religious zealot, neo-con, so called conservatives do the same. Probably not many. Too busy calling people who disagree with foreign policy "traitors" and "enemy supporters". It is all fine and good to "support the war" with a bumper sticker and a holier than thou attitude while driving an SUV but quite another thing to think about things. It makes me sick.
2007-03-06 21:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 6⤋
The same reason why we don't have a draft. They're perfectly happy supporting this war based on lies, so long as they and their family members don't have to go and fight it.
It's when they're actually asked to personally SACRIFICE that you'll see that support truly diminish.
2007-03-06 21:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋
You human shields never went over either, did ya?
2007-03-06 22:14:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
We cant do that as you libs would die as you do nothing. Someone needs to be at home to do the real work and not just sit around and whine....
2007-03-06 23:44:01 · answer #10 · answered by Real Estate Para Legal 4 · 2⤊ 5⤋