I don't support the war in iraq,why would I go fight there?And why do so many war supporters not go and fight?

Question

in fact I do not support any war, so really does not qualify me to question anyone who does support it.

Answer 1

I have served in Iraq - and my son will be going there.

I guess that makes me a 'chickenhawk.'

One thing we never see is those people making the 'chickenhawk' comments also posting their own dates of service.

Answer 2

One would not be so smart to support the war. Now understand this. All war supporters "support" the war as long as others support and fight in the war.

Answer 3

Protest against the Commander-in-Chief for the war so that you will not be assigned thereat.

Answer 4

the retarded right are nothing but hypocrites all they do is whine and complain about liberals
there is a severe shortage of troops yet they are the real cowards that don't join up,
they have nerve to call themselves patriots,they are as brave as there moronic leader the one wouldn't serve in Vite Nam,he had to get daddy to pull some strings so the cowardly bush jr wouldn't have to fight

Answer 5

RTO trainer, that's possibly the greatest argument I've ever seen against that tired old chickenhawk BS. Thanks and nicely done!

To the poster, no one's forcing you to go fight. There's not going to be a draft. You can sit at home and be a coward or conscientious objector (which is honorable--I just don't think it necessarily applies to you) and you'll be just fine. Or perhaps you could man up just the tiniest bit, reach down and find your balls, and after some soul searching, you could take up a line of work that supports the military.

Lots of people support the war but can't join the military. Beyond that, many more people support the military, regardless of the politics at the time. I know my father would join up if he was 30 years younger, but he has to settle for supporting me and my comrades in other ways.

Military service isn't for everyone. I'm thankful for each coward, invalid, or retard I don't have to deal with, because each of them presents another problem in what is undoubtedly one of the most challenging (and sometimes dangerous) professions we can undertake.

In short, good riddance as long as you're quiet and don't force your opinion on others.

Answer 6

RTO Trainer... I couldn't have said it better.

Answer 7

Good for you.

You don't have to.

At 52 I am a liability not an asset to the military. Did my time during the Cold War. Seems that each generation shows up, needed or not, war or peace. Some of us anyway. Your welcome.

SSG US Army 73-82

Answer 8

I always wondered why people who support the war don't put their money where their mouths are and go just over there?

Answer 9

According to the CIA factbook, the United States has 73 million men between the ages of 15 and 49 available for military service. Surely, we need every one of those under arms, and can accept tens of millions of additional soldiers - the nearsighted, the scrawny, the overweight - without compromising the quality of our armed forces, much in the way that the University of Michigan faculty could easily offer teaching positions to all the University's graduates without compromising its quality.

I would suggest the following additions to your proposal:

1. If you are not prepared to walk a beat, or at a minimum to purchase a gun and defend your own home, you are a coward and a hypocrite if you call the police when someone breaks into your house or your car. How dare anyone ask police officers to put their lives in danger and potentially take a bullet for the rest of us, if they are not prepared to do the same? In fact, if you are not yourself prepared to take a bullet for George W. Bush, it is positively immoral and hypocritical for you not to call for an end to the Secret Service.

2. If you are not prepared to run into burning buildings, please do not call the fire department if your house catches fire, or offer encouragement to anyone else who would do so. That would make you a coward and a hypocrite, and nobody wants to see that.

3. For that matter, you are a coward and a hypocrite if you criticize the conduct of policemen, soldiers (such as the Israeli Defense Forces), or prison guards (such as the guards at Abu Ghraib) if you are unwilling to walk a mile in their shoes. How many books have you even read on military interrogation methods, let alone attempted to maintain order and collect intelligence in a prison setting? Certainly, you can not advocate different methods of doing so if you have not volunteered to endure the daily routine of a prison guard.

4. Finally, I suggest a simple and painless way to resolve this dispute. How about we ask all Yahoo Answers readers who are serving or have served in Iraq to answer this once and for all; those men and women who are not, by the standard you have set forth, cowards and hypocrites? After all, if one is to use experience and authority as the sole sources of wisdom on matters of war and peace, then the voices of those who have actually been there and done that should count for the most, no?

An I wonder also how you will receive my answer, as I have not served in Iraq, only Afghanistan, twice. Will you draw a distinction?

The "chickenhawk" argument is tired, and intellectually indefensible. I suggest you learn a new tune.

Answer 10

I agree with Brad V and suggest that if you don't support this country you should move to another.