Since this is chat, I will assume that opinions are allowed. The "Yellow Ribbon" so far as I can determine, came from the lyrics of a country song of the '70's. The line runs, "I'm coming home, I've done my time."
For myself, to "do time" means being in jail, not in the military. I served my tour of duty as an enlistee, not drafted in the early 1960's. Now all are enlisted and so far none in this conflict are drafted, so they are there by their own choice, including the Guard and Reserve in which I also served.
To me, and it is only my personal feeling, the Yellow Ribbon is a negative. I prefer the Red/White/Blue one.
Thanks,
just an old codger who is proud of his service.
> To me, and it is only my personal feeling, the Yellow
> Ribbon is a negative. I prefer the Red/White/Blue one.
The dog and I went shopping yesterday. We got one that is sort of a combination of the two.
We also tied some yellow ribbons on the trees out front. I don't partictualy support the war in Iraq myself, but I do hope our troops return home safely. Each death and each injury tear at me.