Supporting the Troops End the War Options

[Kontroll]

It baffles me when I see these bumper stickers that say 'Support the Troops End the War.' Is that really supporting the troops? Also, we are not in a war right now. We are in a conflict. Congress never declared war on Iraq, Afganistan, or any other countries since 9.11.

The mentality of the men and women in the service is so extreme, especially in the army and marines, that anyone whose never experienced it, really has no say that has any value. It's like a gym teacher trying to teach philosophy. You have to understand that most of the soldiers in Iraq or any other neighboring countries wanted to be there. That's why they signed up. They are taught to be prepared at all times to go to war. It's a soldiers profession to kill. It's their mission.

Saying that, if we don't support their mission, how can we support the people that are carrying it out? It doesn't make any sense. If you've got people back home saying that the war is stupid and wrong, then that is affecting the soldiers because now they have their leaders telling them what they need to do, and others telling them it's wrong. If anything, we should support the conflict.

That's the great thing about a voluntary military. No one forces you to join. And if some body does force you, then it's your fault that you went forth and gave the oath. They ask you right then and there if anyone is forcing you to join, speak now.

In conclusion, those opposed to the current conflict are only creating more damage to society and other societies. If we have any chance of getting out of the Middle East any faster the best thing to do is support our President and his choices. That's how our country made it through WWII. People decided to participate by building weapons and giving food to the troops. They donated money. Until Pearl Harbor we shouldn't have had any involvement, but the American citizens decided that it would be in the best interest to do something instead of talking about it negatively.

Please give me your comments.

[*Steven*]

americans are lazy.

we bitch bitch bitch and we dont do a jack thing about it.

you think buying a sticker helps? ehhh.

But buying a sticker makes people feel better about themselves, and that's all that they care about.

you can support the troops and not support the mission because it's not their fault they're out there. Yeah they signed the dotted line when they said they'll join the military but most of them never thought they would be fighting a war. Most of those soldiers oppose of the war in Iraq. I THINK to tend the people that say they can't support troops while you oppose of the mission is that they don't have any service relatives/friends that have been to Iraq and experienced them not coming back.

Wow that was a tough one to read. Okay, we've been over the whole you don't support the mission then the troops get demoralized because they feel they're fighting something that the country doesn't want or care about, making it seem kinda pointless to be there in the first pace. Anywho, even if they signed the dotted line thinking they wouldn't be in a war, they should have anticipated conflict if they were at least watching the news and had a vague clue of what was going on in the world.

I truly doubt that any of the servicemen or women in Iraq "want" to be there.

That's nice and all, but I don't really think that's under debate.