When I hear people (mostly politicians, though i've seen it quite a few times on here too, anyway...) say that the troops are fighting for my freedom, I have to wonder...
I mean I support them and admire the fact that they WOULD fight for my freedom, but really, which of my freedoms exactly are they fighting for today? As far as I can figure, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights guaranteeing my freedoms were never at risk until this administration came along. So besides my own government trying to keep sh*t secret from its people; invading the privacy and illegally spying on its own people; denying habeas corpus rights to prisoners; and defaming, arresting / and otherwise attempting to silence those who would disagree, how exactly are our freedoms at risk? Seriously the last war actually fought for the freedom of the American people was the civil war.
So tell me again, what are the troops fighting for?
2007-11-09 05:05:12 · 13 answers · asked by slushpile reader 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Rose, that is completely ridiculous answer. I'm sorry for you.
2007-11-09 05:10:57 · update #1
Fallen:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alonline/currentnews/newsarchive/alnews2004/september2004abc/nyprotest.cfm
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0208-08.htm
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/28/rnc.bike.protest/index.html
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2522980&nav=5D7
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/01/politics/campaign/01protest.html
and:
RE: warrantless wiretapping, remember that pesky 4th amendment? I'm so disgusted by the complacency of so called "patriots" to just lie down their rights...
Amendment IV
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
2007-11-09 05:21:16 · update #2
Yes, because Pearl Harbor was not an act of war nor taking away freedoms of American lives that were not apart of WW2 at the time. All those Japanese airplanes just ran out of gas or had machine gun malfunction while flying over Pearl Harbor.
As for your privacy. If you look in the constitution, there is no such thing as a "right to privacy".
And who gets arrested for speaking out? Good god, if places like moveon.org, NY Times, and every liberal channel and newspaper gets away with what they say, there is obviously no arrests going on for those who "disagree".
Talk about delusional!
2007-11-09 05:14:15 · answer #1 · answered by Fallen 6 · 1⤊ 5⤋
I agree with you. I support our troops, but somehow Bush convinced people that we have to give up our freedoms to help them fight for our freedom....from what? Do people actually think that al quaida is going to come over here and make us all learn Arabic and make women wear a hejab? Give me a break! Al quaida is a relatively small sect of muslim fundamentalists - it's like saying David Caresh was going to take over the world.
It tells me Bush has different motives, but he's super hush-hush, isn't he? What a weasel.
2007-11-09 05:13:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
It's a catch phrase meant to boost morale. Really, the long hand version is, we're fighting a conflict against an enemy that is not bound by national borders, us regular folks can't know why we're in Iraq but our generals are VERY well educated and I am sure have their reasons, and these people have openly called for our death and destruction. They want to destroy our economy, our safety, our homes, our lives, our way of living, and yes, our freedom. There is no debate about this, the terrorists will openly tell you this. Are the palestinians getting screwed in Israel? Yes. Did we abuse the muslim middle east during colonial days? Yes. However, I didn't do these things, and while I sympathize with the suffering of others, I am NOT willing to die or let my neighbors die for it.
2007-11-09 05:14:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
The troops have honorably volunteered for our country, but Bush has betrayed them with this useless war.
2007-11-09 05:15:54 · answer #4 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Fighting for freedom=fighting for Dubya's oil.
2007-11-09 06:31:54 · answer #5 · answered by Mysterio 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They are fighting the popes war against the muslims.
2007-11-09 05:50:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Our rights to Iraqi oil. We need people who are willing to go into harms way for a good cause, this just isn't one of them. I respect the troops but feel they are being mislead, like alot of people are. If Bush really cared about winning this war he'd listen to commanders, since he himself knows nothing about war, nor does Cheney , nor Rumsfeld either, they just know greed and power.
2007-11-09 05:10:29 · answer #7 · answered by Ktcyan 5 · 6⤊ 3⤋
As was the case with me, they bravely volunteered to serve this nation. Unfortunately, Bush has them fighting for defense contracts in Iraq.
2007-11-09 05:09:19 · answer #8 · answered by Chi Guy 5 · 7⤊ 2⤋
The mere fact that our military exists protects your freedom. The military doesn't need to deploy to protect our freedom. The Iraqii's thanked my son while he was there. He just got back on Monday. He doesn't need thanks from the American people. He was thanked neough while he was over there.
2007-11-09 05:14:42 · answer #9 · answered by freeatlast2200 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
gonna have to declare executive privilege on that one.
2007-11-09 05:30:12 · answer #10 · answered by avail_skillz 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋