Is letting the troops die for lack of ammunition the way Democrats support the troops?

Question

Will you all cheer when they die? Will you also deny them their veterans benefits because you say it is an illegal war?

Answer 1

I think the Dems have concocted this plan with much thought.
What it looks like they are trying to do if to defund the war BUT because they knew Bush would veto a bill like they passed, make it look like it is Bush who is defunding the war.

Gotta ask yourself...
How American is a political party (dems) who will only look good if America looses this war?
If America wins this war, what will the dems do?
The 110th Congress has already become the nastiest stain in American history.
Thanks Dems.

Answer 2

It isn't just a lack of ammunition, but a lack of fuel and food as well.

Of course our military leaders are not so stupid as to knowingly send their troops into combat without enough food, water, fuel and ammo. In fact the first place where the pinch will show is in the supply chain that just gets those goods to the military.

The idea is by putting limits on the money that can be spent our military leaders will have to conserve their resources and suspend operations. It is a plan of desperation and one that the president will veto. Once he has vetoed it then republicans in the House and the Senate will make sure the bill never reaches the 2/3's majority needed to override the veto.

The Democrats have little else that they can do they don't have a large enough majority to make anything stick. But, it is an important thing to do to at least make a statement of their strong and continues opposition of the war.

No one will cheer when the troops die, no one has (at least not in the United States). We learned that mistake in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. The troops have a job that they are sworn to do and as part of that oath they have little say in what they do. They are ordered into combat and if they are going to remain true to our country then they have to fulfill that oath, every letter of it.

Another bad lesson we had to learn from the Vietnam War was how to treat our wounded troops. These people had sacrificed greatly in defense of our nation and they were treated very shabby. Americans have not forgotten those lessons and when we saw some of it happening again in Walter Reed the government acted quickly. The public was and still is outraged by the conduct in the Army’s finest hospital, and the issue won’t easily go away.

Already Congress has mandated that federal agencies like DARPA work on projects to help our handicapped troops, especially those with brain damage. Currently there is very little that can be done for an injured brain that the human body cannot do itself. However, I read in this month’s Popular Science that work is progressing on deciphering the code of electrical signals used by the human brain. As of now we can hook up electrically operated tools to the brain and hope that the person can learn and that their brain can adapt to control those machines. So we are limited to only the barest abilities like open and close or moving and clicking a mouse. If we can decode the brain’s signals then we can replace a missing limb with an artificial one that bends to the same commands that the brain used to bend the original limb.

We will not forget the troops, we will continue to try out best to treat them, and many people will continue to argue and protest the War in Iraq. The war is very unpopular, but it is not illegal, Congress passed a law that authorized it and that law is still in effect. True the reasons for that law were found to be false, but the law that authorized the war is still in effect and until Congress repeals or redefines it will continue to give the President the authority to conduct the war as he sees fit. Just be glad that he has also learned another lesson from the Vietnam War; that you do not micromanage your troops.

As a US Veteran who served overseas during both the Cold War and Desert Storm I feel betrayed by what President George W. Bush has done to them. I also feel betrayed by Vice President Dick Cheney who was the primary force behind the war. I strongly disapprove of the current administration and cannot wait until they are voted out of office. For more on this read my answer to this question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An_AlbmZF5SP01WHHZWCGNjty6IX?qid=20070325154314AA1HvJf&show=7#profile-info-AA11588385.

Answer 3

You seem to be confused.
The Democrats and Republicans in Congress passed an Iraq funding bill. They are not denying anything to our troops. They are also committed to giving the US soldier the best equipment available, something that has been overlooked recently.

The Veterans benefits you speak of have been cut for the last six years. One of the provisions in this new spending bill seeks to address part of this.

Remember group thinkers!(ie the Borg)
Walter Reed problem happened on Bush's watch!

Answer 4

I am a retired Police Officer and vet with two tours in Viet Nam. When Clinton was President, I use the term loosely, I belonged to a Nation wide group of fellow officers that collected 9mm ammo for the military because Clinton had so decimated them they had no practice ammo. This is the same thing the Dems did in Viet Nam. The took the funds away from the troops they were withdrawn on the verge of victory and it led to the deaths of millions in Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Watch the thumbs down come. They hate the truth or those that do it are to young or have not read history.

Answer 5

is letting the troops die in a civil war that has nothing to do with terror, national security or America in any way the way Bush shows he supports the troops?

apparently...

and most of America is tired of it... it's time to bring the boys home.. .and I think you guys know that...

you can pile all the childish propaganda on you want ("will you cheer whe they die?"... is that all you can say? Is that what you have to resort to... in an attempt to prove your point?)...

... but many Americans are a little too mature to fall for your games any more...

Answer 6

Hey Captain Picard, I thought you got all those Nanobots out of your brain.

Bush has the The Army in a no shoot drive in circles until you die plan of Attack. If you think that is best for America and Americans then swallow a few more Nanobots.

Answer 7

Who was that cut funding to the military two weeks ago.It was your god Georgie.the Dem's have been funding the war.matter of fact the Dem's passed funding our troops today in the senate.I saw it on c-span.the Dem's just want to give the Iraq's a chance to rule themselves.was is not the republicans before the Dem's got in didn't fund body armor.our troops were getting killed.but that was OK to the neocon.

Answer 8

more than 70 men were jerked out of their homes and killed execution style near Baghdad today,, is this what you endorse and support,, will you cheer their deaths,, if you supported our troops,, you would want them out of Iraq,,, Bush's war based on his admitted lies,,, a war that he said two years ago,, would not end as long as he was the decider,,,, will you keep denying our troops the adequate health care in our military hospitals,, do you support our VA hospitals crawling with rats and infestations of mold and mildew,,,,

our troops be better off without you and your kind,, who talk the talk,, but won't walk the walk,,,,,,,,,

Answer 9

Republicans support our troops by not having a sound plan to win a war against a country twice the size of Idaho in four plus years!

Answer 10

No, I would never cheer for a soldiers death, the sad thing is Bush doesn't care about how many people die, as long as he gets a nice big pay check. I also would never deny them from getting the benefits they need, but they probably wont get too much benefits.

Answer 11

Is vetoing a bill that provides funding the way the president shows he is in support of the troops, two can play that game bucko. No, it is in support of the troops to pass a bill that sets a timetable to bring them home.