Question for bushies; is wanting peace unpatriotic?

Question

i know im gonna get more insults than answers

Answer 1

The GOP thinks that NET PROFITS are for men.

And PEACE is for sissies.

Answer 2

Only if it hurts the US in the future. Peace is a noble thing, but the US has turned the other cheek way too often. I won't list the terrorist attacks before 911 as there were way to many. 911 happened and we couldn't turn the other cheek again. Hating war is good, we should hate war, but at the same time war is not something you can just leave in the middle of it, even if you would like too. People need to be able to count on the US to be strong. Where would the world be if the US had not helped to stop Hitler? The terrorists are just as bad or worse than Hitler. Iraq had to be a part of the war because of the intelligence (that was not George Bush's intelligence, but intelligence gathered through the years and from other countries). The terrorists have flocked to Iraq and now the war there is about terrorism. Remember when G. Bush said right after 911he was going to smoke the terrorists out...well he has done that in Iraq. Now is not the time to leave...then only one side would have peace and it won't be the US. We would still be at war only we wouldn't be fighting back!!

Answer 3

No not at all, but consider how the message is being presented.

if you are demanding peace but do it while burning the US flag or a US soldier in effigy (as was seen in Seattle a few weeks back) then obviously you are attacking the US and being disrespectful to this country (even if it is free speech).

if you are protesting for peace but defacing monuments or attacking recruiting centers or spitting on or insulting military personnel then people will start to see the actions not the message.

Most people who call protesters "Unpatriotic" are not attacking the message as much as they are attacking the way the message is presented.

Believe me, the quiet people, the ones who speak quietly, professionally and passionately about their views don't make a splash or make it in to the news, but they are the ones people are more likely to listen too.

You want to push for peace dump the people you have leading the movement. Dump Sheehan, Penn, O’Donnell, Sheen and Fonda. I can guarantee you would have a huge upsurge in your support.

That’s the thing a lot of people don't get. Do you see the right screaming and yelling and acting like the left when it comes to this war? No... And yet more Americans even if they don't agree with the war are more accepting of the right's message.

Why? Because the right is not scaring people with their actions. And as the old saying goes "actions speak louder than words."

That’s just some friendly advice from a guy on the right.

ADD ON: I notice that most of the insulting answers (althought they are not insulting you) to your question seem to be comeing from the left... while most of the rational answers seem to be comeing from the right...

What does that say too you?

Answer 4

"I know im gonna get more insults than answers." This sounds typically cynical. I find your use of the word "bushies" to be insulting. Wanting peace is, of course, not unpatriotic. An unwillingness to make the necessary sacrifices to achieve or maintain peace, is.

Answer 5

"Wanting" peace is certainly patriotic. It's what you are willing (or unwilling) to do to get it that can be unpatriotic. I wish I knew who said this quote first, but it expresses my feelings exactly..."An unjust peace that permits tranquility at the cost of one's dignity and sovereignty is not worth the blood, sweat, and tears that were spared to keep it. Such a condition is the shackles that make us slaves to the whims of others. True peace, being not only the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice and liberty, can not be granted by the mercy of one's enemies. It is borne of the hardships and sacrifices endured by those willing to fight and die for it. This peace is the only cause worthy of so arduous an effort, and the only reward worth so high a price."

Answer 6

what about the liberals throwing things at rove, or rioting in france....why dont they want peace? Weird thing is liberals never have a bad thing to say about those peace loving guys in Al Qaeda that slaughtered a ton of liberal new yorkers

Answer 7

Peace won't happen if we leave Iraq and have the civil war get even worse. Of course everyone wants peace, but sometimes you've got to fight for it.

Answer 8

Wanting peace ... especially in a War that is unjustified and unwarranted, is the highest form of patriotism.

Conservatives point to the yellow ribbons on automobiles and incorrectly state that it is a "conservative only" thing. Just as many liberals proudly display the same yellow ribbon. We fully support the troops ... by wanting to bring them home, alive and unharmed. There is no need to continue risking their lives in a war that cannot be won, with no clear objective, that doesn't make us any safer, and whose main purpose is to "safe face" for the current administration.

Answer 9

No it's not. We all want peace, at least I certainly do.

However if the peace that you propose is simply pulling out and waving a white flag, that's not my kind of peace. We need to clean up our mess first.

Answer 10

Quick answer for libtards: Yes!

Peace is not something you should even be worried about until every last enemy is dead

Answer 11

Nope. But thinking peace will just happen by itself is somewhat naive.