Can You Support the Troops While Opposing the War? (Taliban, deaths, military)
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Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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Originally Posted by Lincolnian
There was an interesting segment on the NBC Evening News last night reporting progress in Baghdad. General McCafferty, a past vocal critic, reported that things are improving and the new strategy is making progress and Iraqis are enjoying new freedoms.
Obviously many feel we never should have been there in the first place but now that progress is being made withdrawing troops for political reasons could erase any chance of peace in Iraq.
Well good. Since things are so much better, we can leave! OH we can't? Well why not? Oh, I see now- things are better because so many of us are there now at a cost of $180 billion a year! So, how long do we have to be there? Forever?
Location: Jonquil City (aka Smyrna) Georgia- by Atlanta
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The fact is that we will probably never get out of there. It will become another Korea and we will be stuck there for generations to come trying to keep a bunch of folks that hate each other from killing each other. And I will not forget that it was the Republicans that got us into this mess based on lies that they made up. And next November you should not forget it either.
The fact is that we will probably never get out of there. It will become another Korea and we will be stuck there for generations to come trying to keep a bunch of folks that hate each other from killing each other. And I will not forget that it was the Republicans that got us into this mess based on lies that they made up. And next November you should not forget it either.
HMMM You see I seem to recall that the vote to go to war was almost a stampede to say yes. Now after the fact we have the Dems crying about how they were mislead. Total unadulterated BS....They voted yes because americans were demanding someone's butt.... The american public was tired of turning the other cheek and wanted blood. The dems jumped on the band wagon. They saw it as a win win deal. If everything went as planned they were part of the winning team. If it went south as it did then they could always make excuses about how it wasn't their fault. And it worked. We have a lot of people who actually believe that our elected officials had no real clue. News flash they are career politicians ie professional liars. They knew what Bush knew.
Be angry and vote anyone who voted yes for the war out of office.
And just to remind posters, the topic is "Can You Support the Troops While Opposing the War?". Plenty of other threads to discuss the merits of the war itself.
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Every second of every minute of everyday I support our troops. I am proud of their overall conduct and proud of what they have achieved in spite of the abuse they have taken by the hand of our politicians.
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