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.

[bat19]

^ Well, lets see. We have the best weapons, true. But we suck at guerilla warfare. We're horrible actually. High grade weapons dont amount to shit when we've got kids planting road side bombs and women hiding mortars under their berkas. You should feel safe that we have the best weapons. That means that we are very well defended at home, in this country. So we really have nothing to worry about as far as another country invading us. But when we invade other countries, we lose obviously the home field advantage and we lose the divide of enemy and civilian. We cannot open fire in a crowded street because we would kill innocent people. Our extremist enemies seem to have no problem suicide bombing public places though. We have all these nuclear weapons and WMDs, but what do they mean if we can never f**kin use them? They mean absolutely nothing. Their our insurance at home. This country spent so much time and money on insuring a country that was already militarily safe would be even more safe than they did training our soldiers in new ways of combat. Weapons will not win this war, strategy and proper training will.

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^ Well, lets see. We have the best weapons, true. But we suck at guerilla warfare. We're horrible actually. High grade weapons dont amount to shit when we've got kids planting road side bombs and women hiding mortars under their berkas. You should feel safe that we have the best weapons. That means that we are very well defended at home, in this country. So we really have nothing to worry about as far as another country invading us. But when we invade other countries, we lose obviously the home field advantage and we lose the divide of enemy and civilian. We cannot open fire in a crowded street because we would kill innocent people. Our extremist enemies seem to have no problem suicide bombing public places though. We have all these nuclear weapons and WMDs, but what do they mean if we can never fucking use them? They mean absolutely nothing. Their our insurance at home. This country spent so much time and money on insuring a country that was already militarily safe would be even more safe than they did training our soldiers in new ways of combat. Weapons will not win this war, strategy and proper training will.

i will agree when you say that we are at a disadvantage when it comes to fighting in another country. We have all these fucking rules we have to follow. People put so much value on human life. Even on the lives of people who probably don't even deserve to live. It ridiculous.

Like those naked Iraqi dudes that were stacked on top of each other a couple years ago. People were "up in arms" over that shit. Truth is, if those guys weren't tied up in that prison, if those guys weren't being stacked on top of each other, if those guys weren't wearing cloths then they probably would have been wearing bombs and killing civilians anyways.

I hate fucking pacifists and idealists. All they have a fucking dreams that can never exist. When will they learn that the world will never be a perfect place. People are selfish, and if you give them an inch they'll take a mile. Wake the fuck up people, there are times when war is needed. Freedom isn't free, it never was. There are times when people have to die.

People are so fucking touchy about the dumbest shit.