A guy I know that's in the military told me a story of how a liberal insulted him at a bar for volunteering to fight in Iraq. So, he asked the crazed liberal what he ever did to serve his country. The liberal said he protested the war. Do you think that should actually count as serving America and giving something back to your country? Is burning an American flag and calling Bush Hilter equal to putting your life on the line to defend freedom? This typical lib sure believed that he deserved a medal for his massive sacrifice.
2007-06-05 06:56:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
bilez, you make the common liberal point of equating Americans with Nazis. How proud your liberal friends must be of you
2007-06-05 07:09:33 · update #1
The two cannot possibly be equated.
He has the right to protest. He has the right to free speech.
He does not have the right to sedition, however, and much of what the anti-war crowd does comes AWFULLY close to being sedition.
As for feeling he'd done something great for the country... that positively sickens me.
Thank God (and our servicemen and women) that WE have the right to NOT LISTEN to him. And NOT AGREE with him.
2007-06-05 07:12:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Of course the example you sight is not equivalent to the service a military man has commited to his country. But don't be so quick to assume that protesting does not serve the country. One of the very foundations of the US is the freedom of speech...which is the one thing that Americans are quick to point out as what makes their country so great. People need to know that it is alive and well...and if you do not agree with the actions of the leaders of the country, then you have the inalienable right to speak up and be counted. Protesting shows the rest of the world that America is, indeed, a free country. And it gives a voice to the people.
2007-06-05 14:04:01 · answer #2 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though I think war is wrong and understand the warrior spirit. It would never occur to me to insult those who choose this. And yes I do feel that protesting the war is a service to my country. Our duty as United States citizen is to let the government know when they are wrong. That is how and why this place exists. For the people, by the people, of the people.
In this I would never burn the flag. And yes I feel Bush is a fascist. You know very little of what you call "a typical lib" truly believes. I would not judge this situation by the way this one person behaves. Now you are the same as them. Is this what you want for yourself?
2007-06-05 14:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by gone 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
protesting the government WHEN THEY'RE DOING WRONG is the MOST AMERICAN thing one can do. sounds like the soldier was too dumb to ask those important questions when the war was starting. all of my military friends were guilty of this at the time. i tried to have intelligent conversations about it with them but, well you just should have heard some of the responses....
also, since when is going to war to subjugate a whole country of people just so some Corporation can steal THEIR God-given natural resources anywhere near FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM!!!???? don't say that's not what the war is about. anyone who reads about the history of certain commodities will see the truth....war is economic.
2007-06-05 14:09:32 · answer #4 · answered by kevin g 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Protesting the war is a freedom and a right that is protected by those who serve.
The protester should thank the soldier for the ability to do so
2007-06-05 14:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by golfengineer3 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Protesting, brings public attention to what is wrong.
The public can then demand the government steer back on track to a path that is actually above the behaviors of the barbarians that we are fighting against.
2007-06-05 14:06:10 · answer #6 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok...roll your story back 70 years...a beer garden in south Germany, a soldier in the German army, a liberal student, the soldier expects to be sent to the Russian front, the student is unsure of his status, but is against the war, which, as judged by history, is on the right side? which would have better served his country?
*****note to questioner....nonsense-you use the word nazi, (history update-not all german soldiers were nazi's), also...you're saying i call myself a nazi?
2007-06-05 14:06:21 · answer #7 · answered by bilez1 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, if you feel that the actions your country is taking are wrong and are harming the country, then protesting those actions is a way to serve your country.
2007-06-05 14:28:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Idiot this is what you are fighting for
3/29/2006 8:59:00 PM
Jewish adviser becomes Bush chief of staff
by Matthew E. Berger
JTA News and Features
".. Josh Bolten became a member of President George W. Bush's Cabinet in the summer of 2003, he was asked to lead the president and the Cabinet in prayer while the Christians clean the toilets. He chose to pray in Hebrew, a sign of his strong Jewish identity.
Bolton the Jew succeeds Andrew Card. The move comes amid Fox News calling Bush an Idiot.
Before this, he served as director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, advising Bush that loan to Israel should be Chrismas gift..."
http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/main...
2007-06-05 14:01:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. USA U 2 · 3⤊ 5⤋
Maybe the guy in the military should have given the lib a nice shiny medal right in the eye that he could display proudly.
2007-06-05 14:01:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋