Liberals...How many of you have family members in Iraq or recently got back?

Question

I am a "Liberal" and have 2 sons who are now and just got back.One son on second tour.Don't you feel unjustly called a traitor and your sons are being bashed by people who have no idea what you or your sons believe in? Thanks

Answer 1

I am not currently in the military, but was in the Navy between the Gulf Wars.

I feel ashamed for these people who assume that only republicans support the troops, and bash non-republicans in really nasty ways.

What they don't realize is that just because the troops don't protest, doesn't mean they support their CIC. As a member of the military, you can't slander your CIC...many troops are indeed liberals defending America.

I guess you just have to ignore the ignorant, as there is no hope for them. Sad, but unless they engage in meaningful discussions, I just don't see any other way.

Answer 2

Most of my family is dead, not at Bush's hands, however.
However, I have many friends who fall into the category
you describe.

To date, I have yet to find the "look at how many Americans
are dying" defense to be effective - simply because it is
countered by the "if we don't do something, look at how
many Americans WILL die". This is sometimes follows
by a muttering of "9/11 ... 9/11", perhaps as a nervous
reflex.

The latter assumption - that removing our forces
will cause more bloodshed in the future than it will
save now, is basically the only possible justification
that the current administration can have for keeping
us there (other than that they are trying desperately
to appear wise - they lost that battle 3 years ago).

All of the intelligence coming back to us that is
NOT provided or filtered by the administration says
that we are creating more terrorists now than we are
killing.

The only way I can see that this direction can get
us anywhere would be to significantly INCREASE
the troops there - perhaps adding 3 of 4 HUNDRED
thousand feet on the ground.

Ultimately, although he isn't saying it loudly because
it would kill any chance of winning any election again,
I think that is what McCain is saying.

Since that isn't going to happen - and mind you I'm
not saying that I know it would help - just that it might
help, we're left with insignificant gestures in an attempt
to keep up the Neocon image, or withdrawing.

Yup, a lot of my friends have died - more have been
injured. I grieve for them.

I also grieve for the 600000 and ever growing list
of Iraqis that have died. They all had mothers too.

Between the corruption and the ineptitude, this
administration has really given us a good demonstration
of just how bad "bad" can be.

Answer 3

I'm dating a serviceman and I absolutely do feel that way. I think that it's a shame that not supporting a war is viewed as the same thing as not supporting the troops. Whether the troops are in Iraq, Afghanistan, wherever, it doesn't really matter because the bottomline is that these are people who are willing to fight for us. The politics of why they are there is something that they have no control over and while I don't believe I am more free because they are in Iraq, I do believe I am more free because they are willing to give their lives for service of their country.

I don't know why that it so difficult for those who call themselves patriots to understand.

Answer 4

I know alot of people in the service and lost someone very close to me in Iraq. It really doesnt matter what you or anyone else believe in, people are going to be closed minded and always have somthing to day. I suggest that you just ignore what the ignorant people in this world say and just know what you feel is right. Alot of people join the service that are very libral minded, it just means that going to war is not the only reason people sign up. To sum it all up people are dumb and you should ignore them.
I hope that your sons do well and come back from Iraq safe. As I know how hard it is to loose someone you love overseas.

Answer 5

Nobody said that our soldiers were traitors, everyone supports the soldiers. They were sended injustly, they were only doing their job. I mean, I'm a Liberal and have lost some frieds in the wars. The best thing to do is to bring them back, don't you want your son to come back soon and well?

Answer 6

Some people are just ******** , they are going to say whatever they want because they are ignorant.
Even though, I feel Bush and Cheney are the present day Hitlers and should be assassinated I don't feel or military should be there to begin with , some of our soldiers are being killed for what?

Let this country find its own freedom with their government .

Its the Oil industry Bush wants nothing else, why else would he be out there ??

Answer 7

I am a liberal, and although I don't have any of my immediate family in Iraq, I also belong to the Army family, and hundreds of thousands of my brothers and sisters have been to Iraq and back or are there now. People don't realize that there are liberals in the Army, too.

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Answer 9

Living near a military base that trains helicopter pilots, I have many friends that I consider to be 'family'. Most of the pilots that I know have had at least one or more tours over there.

Strangely enough, I have yet to meet one that didn't think we were there for a good cause or didn't support what we're doing over there.

Answer 10

I have a nephew bound for Iraq.

I have no problem with any war fought for a just cause, and fought with every intention of victory. This war was unprovoked, and "mission accomplished" does not mean what most of us think it does. Victory in this war is economic stimulation, not Iraqi democracy.

When did "Support Our Troops" come to mean send them off to fight unprovoked wars without sufficient troop strength or adequate armor, and to deny them decent medical care when they return home maimed or emotionally crippled?