CYJ are you talking about the talk of suporting the troops and not the war because obviously you can suport the troops but not the president. The president is an elected official you not suport him by not voting for him. On the other hand suporting the troops and not the war is imposible and insulting to the troops. It is like claiming to suport catle ranchers and being a vegan. Sorry if this is off topic just got my attention.<br />Chappy to help you out it is the Geneva convention that says not to attack places of worship unless fired upon from first and the comanders of our troops who decided to not return fire in this instance for lack of a beter word political reasons but not here in the US but to not enrage all muslims we are talking about the fastest growing and I believe largest religion in the world.
I am so tired of that tripe.<br /><br />You are for the war or against. If you are against, you are against the troops. ASK one! You might get your face slapped.<br /><br />Both ways does NOT cut it-in the REAL world.<br /><br />Join us, won't you-in the REAl world.
Sounds a bit tripish to me.<br /><br />
Nothing but propaganda. I am against the war. Regardless of any spin you put on it, I AM NOT AGAINST OUR TROOPS! They are doing the duty they have committed themselves to do. Young people are not lining up in droves today to go over...are they? Wonder why! <br /><br />I am tired of hearing "wear a certain color on Friday" or you do not support the troups, "support W and his war", or you are against the troups, blah blah blah blah blah. You have never heard a person on this forum ever say anything negative about the troops, only W! <br /><br />W needs to gain support on the merit of his decisions, not the guilt they(Reps) wish to make people feel with the propaganda. He is losing this battle, so it's not to difficult to figure out why he/they is/are now traveling down the "guilt" path. You are in the minority, not the majority in this country when it comes to this war. <br /><br />You may find more parents/soldiers willing to slap your face for your willingness to put them in harms way, than are willing to slap my face for trying to save them. <br /><br />At this point, Iraq needs to be left to their own devices. Whether we leave today, or in 10 years, the result will be the same. Civil unrest, until they figure things out for themselves. As of now, they sit back watching Americans die for their freedom. If their freedom is worth having, they will do as our ancestors did. They will fight for it. W has given them the opportunity, and that is all he can do. If they don't earn it through their own blood, it's not going to have the same value to them. Without their own blood, they will certainly be more willing to give it up once threatened upon our departure. We need to get out so we can see what they really wish to fight for! Until then, it's nothing more than conjecture on our part.
That statement is the same stuff that the exhaust from Amish "cars" is made of......A soldiers duty is to follow orders.....I can disagree with this war & stiil support a soldier following orders......JK
txswinner as a troop who has been home from Iraq for a little over two weeks I can tell you that a hardy hand shake and a thank you for what you have done means more than any care package we ever recieved. I know sending the packages makes you feel good but to be honest most troops don't need it we are well fed and have acess to post excanges. In fact my company of 300 soldiers recieved so many excess care packages we had a 20 foot container of stuff as a comunity take what you want or need.
Thank you it is good to be back. As far as how things are over there I can only give you what I saw. I am a truck driver for the army so I traveled from Kuwait to close to the Iran boarder and close to the Turkey boarder. Along the roads the people were generaly friendly. They would wave and beg for food, water, or what ever we would give up. The children mostly wanted candy. They would also try to sell items such as cigarets, pirated dvds, fake rolexs, or other asorted items. As far as waht we are doing there. We are training the Iraqis to take care of themselves. When I was there I hauled a lot of construction equipment for reconstruction and inforstructure vehicles such as fire trucks. Thats about all I know anything else would be opinion. As a final note no I am not going back any time soon I am a national guards man and am now off activation and back to the good old 1 weekend a month 2 weeks a year. Sorry to take the post of topic and please excuse my spelling.
