Last question of the day: Am I anti-American and unpatriotic because I don't support GWB and against the war

Question

I want your opinion.

Answer 1

I have read many of your posts. While I don't agree with you, you state your opinion very well and are never condescending or hateful. You've never bashed me because I feel different than you do about the war or Bush.
Everyone has a right to their opinion. You are not unpatriotic, and I'd be proud to call you a fellow American.

Answer 2

NO. I want our troops home. I don't support GWB or the war either and I think that to do so is unpatriotic as to keep our troops there is to sentence more and more to death & to spend 275 million dollars a day on a war that should not have been waged is idiotic & fool hearty as this country truly needs that money to go elsewhere and for more important things in right here in the USA & not over there.

Answer 3

No. If you feel saddened by the needless loss of lives & money in Iraq it shows you care, you are concerned about the impact this will have on your country. Most of the worlds people do not like GWB and they too have reasons. I suggest you look at the BBC for news and information to what is actually going on in the middle east, not the biased right wing crazies at Fox, could help you see GWB in a different light. I do however think GWBs support of the Dalai Lama & Tibet is a good thing.

Answer 4

Those facts alone do not make anyone "anti-American" or "unpatriotic."

The original Americans, the founding fathers, were REBELS. They FIRED their existing government , the monarchy, and installed a government of their own, of the people, by the people, and for the people. They did so at the point of the sword and the gun! They were as fundamentally American as it gets. Patriotism isn't blindly accepting the status quo; it is questioning the authorities and insisting actively that what is right for the country also is right for the individual, and vice versa. Being for or against some cause in and of itself doesn't determine your pro-or anti-American status.

Honesty and dishonesty do determine your patriotism, though. In my opinion the most unpatriotic thing a person can do is lie about public policy and government functioning. Whether it is over-zealous "spin" or outright fabrication, I want to throttle most politicians, especially those who wrap themselves in the flag. I think lying to Congress should be prosecuted as criminal, and I think that distorting facts in public policy matters is tantamount to treason.


I do wonder what George W...the original W...would make of our current George W B.


Edit - Larry hun, at the risk of appearing to be in a conversation, the truth might hurt, but stupidity can also be painful to onlookers. Be careful that you are not mistaking the two.

Answer 5

No. In a free society, we have a responsibility to question our leaders and demand accountability. Freedom is the freedom to agree, or not. It is patriotic to disagree because it shows you care about America enough to give these things thought and to express your feelings about it. It is patriotic because you care enough to even ask the question. This country needs more people like you.

Conversely, think of what the country would be like if these things were unpatriotic. That is fascism. Our Constitution begins with "We the people". Well, you get a bunch of people together and they're never going to agree on anything. What matters is that we have the courage to speak up when we feel something is wrong, or out of place. That, after showing a willingness to give your life for your country, is the epitome of patriotism.

Answer 6

Only to a neocon. Just like their hero Hermann Goering reminds us:

"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY" Hermann Goering Deputy Reichchancellor for the Third Reich.

Answer 7

Absolutely not...GWB is the biggest incompetent bonehead to be elected into office(if his last name was Smith instead of Bush..he'd be working in a 7-11).

This war was based on Weapons of Mass Destruction..and they were soooooooo sure Iraq had them then NOTHING. I think Bush and Cheney are war criminals>
This guy wanted to give an ARAB company security control over our ports. Thats keeping us safe?

and no...I'm not a Dem or a Liberal...I vote for the best candidate and did not vote for Bush. You could tell in 2000 that he was dumber than a rock

Answer 8

Yes, according to the dumbest people on earth.

BTW, nobody has ever explained how there is a tie between opposing a lying president, opposing an illegal war based in lies and mistakes and loving your country. It's another one of those lines with little or no meaning that the Cons love to repeat.

Answer 9

I think once a President is elected; whether you voted for him or not, you should support him. The American public spoke and that's who they chose. On the other hand, part of being an American is having the ability to have a differing opinion. We aren't censored like other countries, or forced to become a senseless unit. With that freedom comes responsibility. If you believe GWB and the war pose more threat to America than your lack of support, than although I don't agree; would never say that your anti-American or unpatriotic. (Course I would also assume that you wouldn't say I was either, though I do support the war and GWB)

Answer 10

No and that deceiving and vulgar line was used and abused by the regressive right shortly after nine eleven but I'm convinced it's over it's expiration date. They still try to make people feel like that but no one believes them anymore

This is asked here before months ago many times and the more it's asked the more people answer with the NO it deserves. That gives hope for the future!