Is this true about supporting the troops in Iraq?

Question

If one says "I support the troops but not the war" is like saying "I support the homeless" but I won't let them live in my home.

Answer 1

72% of the troops want to come home now. so supporting them means getting them home.

and unbrainwashing the 28%.

Answer 2

I can understand supporting the troops and not supporting the war, but I don't fall into that category personally. I support both, because the military allows an avenue for people who may be plenty book-smart for college, but they either don't know what they want to be when they grow up, or they're bored with the learning system that is used in most post-secondary systems. I support the war as well because I've personally watched bad guys in Iraq assemble weapons for the purpose of killing US and Coalition troops, and those guys need to be killed so that they don't kill us first.

Answer 3

My fiance is fighting this ridiculous war. I hate when people say you can't support one without the other. I support the troops by wanting them to come home. I can't support a war that is based on lies. My fiance and the rest of the soldiers are only doing what they are told to do, nothing more, nothing less. A lot of the soldiers fighting the war don't agree with the war, and want to come home. How can I support something if they don't?

Answer 4

I support what is best for the country which is a withdrawal from Iraq. If you define that as not supporting the troops so be it, but which is more important to support the nation or those who fight for it. They are not interchangeable concepts. I can't support dumping billions of dollars down the toilet known as Iraq. I will not support further deficit spending at the risk of this nations future while Iraq just lives on our dollar. I will not support the death and injury of our service men and women to intervene in a civil war. The Iraqi government is not doing much to give us much confidence so we need to ramp up the pressure on them less they lose their country. We need to start withdrawing and restricting our role to that which we are supposedly there for. I support the USA before anything even if by that definition I don't support the troops.

Your analogy is interesting though and I think it is like that in some ways but would be a difficult one to use effectively since very few think about the homeless and solving that problem anyway. If you think about it though it would take us thinking like the Iraqis which some are unwilling to do. We wouldn't want the homeless in our homes just like some if not most of the Iraqis don't want us in theirs.

Answer 5

Now this is between the main F***ed up questions i've got seen right here so a ways. of direction I help the troops over there. They have been sent there they did no longer ask to bypass. human beings would desire to assist our countries troops no remember have been they're or what they're doing. this is the politicians that folk should not be helping. And to you naseldrip. Been there, achieved that. 4 years interior the Corps and eight interior the army what approximately you?

Answer 6

I think your analogy is very apt. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I have my own opinion. My government does not ask what it is. My vote counts only if I am voting for what the majority want. And I support the war and the troops. No one wants to fight in a war. Most people do not enjoy the idea of killing other people. If you are at war, people are killed on both sides. Anyone joining the military today and thinking they are not going to go to war are not very bright. The military is a volunteer group at this point. Reenlist go to war. Join go to war. Support the troops support the fact that they joined, they weren't drafted.

Answer 7

No it's not the same thing and such a horrible analagoy as well. I support the troops but I don't support the reason they are there. You are capable of supporting someone even though you disagree with the issue that they are involved with. Let's say you have a homosexual friend you don't want to lose him and you support that he's gay does that mean you're going to support the fact of him marching in the gay parade with matching outfits probably not but nonetheless you can still support him without having to agree with the cause.

Answer 8

Most people don't "support the troops" anyway, regardless of whether or not they support they war. It's just become fashionable to claim support for members of the military, even if all you're doing is saying you do or putting a bumper sticker on your car.

Answer 9

So what you saying sunshine. That I should ban my son from my home because he chose to join the forces. Pick on those who authorised their deployment - in other words the FECKIN POLITICIANS!! I support my son and all forces personnel - but I will never support those who deployed them based on bare faced lies.

Here in the UK people go around saying the same as you - the @rseholes still keep voting labour though - you know - the party who authorised deployment in the first place. It's called double standards and makes me sick!!

People may agree with you but when the chips are down and the forces arrive to help out then it's a different story!!

Our forces do what is expected of them - whether it's right or wrong in the eyes of the civilian population.

The next time there's a major disaster I can guarantee who will be first on the scene - and it won't be the anti-war/anti-troops but I'm still voting labour subscribers.

Answer 10

I find it necessary to respond to this:

mtmeggido - 72% of the troops want to come home now. so supporting them means getting them home.

Are you serious?

Only a person who has never been to war would post something like this. I was in Desert Storm/Desert Shield, and if you would have asked any of us on any given day if we wanted to come home the answer would have been a resounding "YES!" Does that mean we were uncommitted to fighting a war? NO! All it means is that most of us were 18-21 year old kids who were homesick.

Your response is rediculous and I resent it as a veteran, and as an American.

We would appreciate it if you just said "Thank you" instead of trying to speak for us.

Answer 11

The troops are there not bca'z they wanted to. Its the brain child of politicians sending troops there. So supporting troops means you are giving them moral support they deserve it. So do not hesitate, support the troops not war. (A good Q)