Aren't you proud of our troops?

Question

They knew from the get-go what they were getting into and they still chose to serve ... hat's off to our troops serving here and abroad!

Answer 1

Yes I am! Very proud, and I think when you really realize what they go through (Marine wife) you just cant imagine the world without men and women like them...

Answer 2

I see where she is coming from. I think she simply picked a few statistics from census data to support her cause (she definitley picked what she wanted rather than look at the whole story), but I can see her point. As for the troops.... I will never in my lifetime support a war as corrupt or illegitimate as the war in Iraq and I will vehemently oppose anyone that does... especially under such weak, vague and irrational slogans such as: "They are fighting for our freedom" or "If you don't support the war, you support the terrorists".... `BUT` that does not mean I dislike a person simply because they are a member of the army.

Answer 3

Where does one start?..Sure, we hear a lot about the shooting and fighting in the war zones, but how much has come from those areas of late?..Not so much, wouldn't you agree?...So, our guys n gals must be doing something there to shut down the bad guys...And what you never hear about are the civic action projects that they are involved in...Helping the locals get started and back in business...Schools and hospitals coming online...Refugees returning home, just like after WW2...It takes some very special people indeed to change from warrior to humanitarian in the blink of an eye...To all coalition folks - Brits, Canucks, Poles, Itales, Aussies, Kiwis, Thais, IDF, ROC, ROK, Nippons and, of course, Yanks and all others I may have missed -(SALUTE) - from a Vietnam vet.

As an aside, it was my privilege to fly aboard HC-130, call sign King 53, as a scanner out of Kadena AB, Okinawa and, along with a CH-3 Jolly Green, take part in the rescue of 10 Korean fisherman, whose boat went down in the Yellow Sea in some very nasty weather before you were born...And there's a vid on the web taken aboard another King bird that shows a Coastie MH-60 angel holding steady hover over the bow of a cruise ship to airlift a sick passenger to shore...Your tax dollars at work.

And to you few that gripe about what you think our brothers and sisters in uniform are, I'd like to help out...Which way did you come in??

Answer 4

The difference between Nazi troops and American troops is mostly we're better! ;) But really it's a difference of how these people are killed... Are they deaths of shooting squads, soldiers deliberately exterminating a group of people (genocide...jews...hand in hand for nazis). No I don't believe U.S. troops do that, and I believe without a doubt that anyone who is there has a very human heart. A heart that hurts to see friends family wives and children again. Think twice man. Please.

Answer 5

Yes, I am, very proud of them! I hope they can come home safely soon!



The commander in chief...not so much...I wish he would GO home!

EDIT: I just wonder what anti-Americans gave thumbs down to all the people who support our troops. They are folowing orders they were given, that is what they do. Don't hate them for what they have to do.

Answer 6

I am proud of our troops; I am ashamed of what they are doing.

I am a veteran of the US Army and served 8 years. I was never called upon to go to battle, but I would have if needed. Instead I pulled guard duty, I trained, and I did the other things. We all can’t be fighters; some of us have to support those that do fight. This doesn’t make me a better or lesser soldier, if just makes me a typical one.

When Colin Powel testified before the UN about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction I thought the evidence was pretty flimsy, but I trusted my government was doing the right thing. Now I am ashamed that I was wrong, my trust was misplaced and I was betrayed.

Yes, we should have invaded Afghanistan, but we should never have gone into Iraq. It was our job to stop those that hurt us, but Iraq was only an empty threat. Now we know that Saddam was pretending to have WMD to hold back Iran, unfortunately it made him a target for ambitious men, men like **** Cheney.

The real reason we got involved in Iraq was a part of **** Cheney’s political maneuvering to get rid of his political rival, the former head of the CIA. WMD was just a convent excuse and the evidence we used was based on torture from one guy. It was given to us by German Intelligence who told us; we can’t be sure about this one, but we thought you might like to know.

Before we went to war in Iraq Cheney’s staff proposed a plan to President Bush and he said; “Sorry guys, that’s not good enough.” So they went away, plotted some more and finally came up with a plan they could sell him, and then tried to sell it to the world. Colin Powel did not write his own speech, instead Scooter Libby (Cheny’s former Chief of Staff) wrote the speech, something totally unheard of until then. I am sure that Colin Powel resigned as Secretary of Defense because he felt just as betrayed as I do.

Our troops job is to defend us from those who would do us harm. We are not the world’s police man and we are not the ones with the absolute moral right to say who should rule and who should not. We have the power to do so, but that doesn’t mean we have the right.

I support the troops and I think that they are doing the best they can under difficult circumstances. They aren’t perfect, but so far their conduct has been better than that of some of the troops who served in Vietnam. A big part of that reason is because the troops in Vietnam were made scapegoats, and blamed for doing an evil. They had no choice; they swore an oath to serve their country and to follow the orders of their superiors. This oath locked them into a job they did not want to do and the country blamed them for it. Our troops in Iran are locked by the same oath. They have a job to do and they have to do it. They cannot change that, because one important principle that our nation was founded on is that the military is controlled by the civilian government. This is done to prevent the military from going to far and it is an important safeguard to our freedoms. I support that and I support our troops, but I still hate the trap that they were forced into by petty political maneuvering.

Thanks for your support, I am glad that this generation is not making the mistake of the past, that this generation knows who to hold responsible and who to hold accountable. I think that President Bush will go down in history as one of the most powerful Presidents, but one who abused that power. His abuse has been within the confines of the laws and powers granted to him, barely, but still there.

Answer 7

No one actually knew from the get-go what they were getting involved with. Remember, Bush lied about Iraq possessing WMD's. The troops didn't "choose" to serve, they were ordered to. And it's not like they're accomplishing anything good over there. Might I remind you that this war is causing our economy to fall and the US Dollar has become one of the least valuable forms of currency. The Euro is $1.50 to the US Dollar, and even the Canadian dollar is worth more.

The troops are over there stirring up trouble because it was what they were trained to do. What they were de-humanized to do.

Answer 8

I am very proud of our troops. From my current family members to WWII veterans. I will always be proud of them, and I am forever in debt to them.

Answer 9

I'll second that. I'm always thankful for those who serve in the U.S. military.

Answer 10

"joe" needs to be run over by a bus. I am INCREDIBLY proud! Not only of the Military but of the Marines as well. So many of my friends are going Military including my Boyfriend.

I could disprove so much of what Joe said, but he's not worth it. Respect, man, respect.