Can I get someone to `splain somethin' to me?

Question

Sorry for wording it like that. But I'm a Proud Southerner. We talk like that, in these-here parts.

I'm trying to focus on what "Supportin' the Troops. But not the War" is all about?

Is that like not likin' Drugs. But makin' Moonshine on your Property? Is that like,......... well. Just what is that like? I'm tryin' to make heads or tails of it. And it ain't makin' no sense.


**Just trying to make some humor. About a very misunderstood topic. If someone can give me the details of it? I'd deeply appreciate it.**

Any attempts to criticize Our President. Will not be determined to be worthy. Is your hatred, for him, so much that you're willing to lose out on the Ten Points?


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CV, Thanks for stoppin' by. You may be the only one. `Preciate it! (lol)

Answer 1

bah, any true Southerner would have known that Moonshine, though hallucinaginic some times, isn't a drug! "White lighting" is a medical necessity!! :)

ok, so try to think about it like this... it's not the troops fault they are there.. even those that want to be there.. they are just doing their jobs.. and we praise them for it.. what we disagree with is the job they were asked to do... NOT supporting the troops would be like being pissed off at the guy in the cubicle at enron... what the heck was he supposed to do? So, they have our support, we want them to have everything they need to protect themselves.. we just want Bush to get a clue.. does that help explain it?

Answer 2

Our military is doing a job.They have no choice where they go or what they do.They signed up to protect our country which is very noble.I'll speak on behalf of 2 military men.They signed up after 9/11 because they were outraged Bin Laden had the nerve to send people into our country to attack it.By the time they were done with their training they were sent to Iraq.After the first 6 months in Iraq both were questioning why exactly they were there.But you can't ask for a transfer in the military.By their second tours they really wondered why they were there.The Iraqi people went from welcoming them to throwing rocks when they walk down the streets.At first the kids would get them soda's as they were standing guard over the compounds now the kids give them the finger.They constantly hear"Invader go home".I raq is in a civil war whether you want to hear this or not and the Iraqi believe we are interfering in their government.So have I explained how you can support the troops but not the war?I realize the troops are only doing their jobs.It doesn't mean they like it or agree with it.

Answer 3

A PBS show on Karbala shed a great deal of light on the Middle East. If one uses the correct Buzz words the people in the area can easily be manipulated. It showed why they are more than happy to die just to kill others.

When I hear about the Hatfields & McCoy feud I thought it was idioticy, but to be able to be manipulated by something that happened 1400 years ago is unfathomable.

It will always be very easy to for an outsider to create instability by a person that knows the correct buttens to push.

I'm not sure any more that even if the terrorist's 5th column challenged the Iraqis that live in Iraq to be as intellegent & productive as their bretheren in the US, that they would do it. The buzz words have such great hooks on them.

Answer 4

It's different. Our boys, our troops, out there is one thing. I support the troops, especially the military. I know they are doing the best for us and sacrificing the ultimate sacrifice for us..God Bless 'em. But the citizens and the troops are kept in the dark all along. We we're never clearly told why we need to fight in Iraq, the entire war has been mismanaged from the pre-invasion stages. It's a shame. What were the motives/intensions of Dick Cheney and the rest when they decided against half of America and the rest of the world to invade Iraq? We may never know. However I still support and pray for my countrymen over there, my family over there, that they will catch and kill bad guys and get home safe.

Answer 5

A person can disagree with the reason why we went to War in Iraq, they can believe it is wrong that we went to War in Iraq, this same person can still support our Troops.

How ?

By realizing that weather he agrees or not with the reasons, we are there now, and must complete what we started.
I've no problem with people saying that they think we should of stayed out of Iraq, I wish we had executed this Battle in The War on Terror differently, but if I undermine the effort with disparaging words about what we are really accomplishing there, constantly saying things like " The War is lost" "We need to get out now" , we are undermining the moral of our Fighting Men, and it is wrong.

I consider us to be in a World War against Terror, Iraq is but one Battlefield in that War. It could, and should of been executed better, or could it of ? I'm not in the Military. All I have to go on is a very biased News Media owned, and operated by confirmed Communists, so can I really know what is really going on on the ground ?
I cannot, so I support our Troops, by supporting their efforts in Iraq, and Praying for them, and President George W. Bush.

I can have my questions, but never criticize The Men Fighting, or The President Leading.
Be Blessed in Christ Jesus !
Minister

Answer 6

Since you said "splain", well, that makes me think of Spain. They were attacked by al-Qaeda, about 3 years ago, for helping USA with the War on Terror. The Muslims didn't like that, so killed 300 of their people with a bomb on a train. This was prior to their election. Spain panicked, and elected a Socialist leader, and stopped helping USA. They acted like the cowards the terrorists wanted them to be, and the terrorists got them to elect the leader THEY wanted the Spanish to have. This would be a liberals way of supporting the troops, which is not at all.
I answered a question, a few days ago, where a Spaniard was asking if America will help them since they had recently been threatened by al-Qaeda again. I basically told him to f off. Maybe I was wrong, but I don't think so.
If America lays down, we are DEAD, and controlled, just like Spain, who used to be one of the superpowers before America was ever born. What happened to them? They bowed. That's what. We are America, and our heads NEVER bow, our eyes see straight ahead!

Answer 7

I support the war efforts in Iraq, and I support the troops.

I suppose there are those who think the war is wrong but who are not blaming the troops, because the decision to invade was not made by them.

I think they are sincere in what they say - that they support the troops and not the mission. But I would imagine it is very disconcerting for the people actually fighting in Iraq - our troops - to hear so much dissent at home (much of it of the "Bush is a nazi" and "he lied, for oil" variety) and to truly feel "supported" by the population back home.

People have a right, and a duty, to dissent. But they also have to be aware of the consequences of their actions.

Answer 8

It's like when your daughter marries a man that you don't like. You love your daughter, and support her decision, but you don't like the marriage.

In this situation, it's best to keep your mouth shut about the marriage, and treat the son-in-law well, because if you bad-mouth her husband and her marriage, she will be offended and hurt, and not believe that you do love her and support her. Being vocal and condescending about her husband and marriage only serves to make a bad situation worse.

BTW, I'm from the south too.

Answer 9

It is hypocrisy! And it is a shame that it just words. They really don't support the troops anymore than the commander -in-chief.

Answer 10

you stop drinkin the profits an git it deliver'd.....