Thank you, Txsleuth. And I hope you got my post to you the other day when I was ready to throw my hands up in despair and give up trying to convince people that things really are serious.
You talked me out of it and for that, I'm very, very grateful.
Let me add this.
Patriciaruth has been dedicated in organizing messages of support for our troops. A few days ago she posted a thead asking for messages to send our troops for Christmas.
She got approximately 20 responses. 20!
This is outrageous. If freepers can't support the troops by demanding that their Congressmen get off the stick and support their mission and condemn the baseless lies being told about them, then what the hell are we doing here?
Who here likes to be lied about? Raise your hand. Does anyone honestly believe the troops are happy with what's going on in Washington?
And when I see polls here on FR that aren't terribly supportive of the president, and I see calls to send Christmas messages to our troops that isn't a highly bumped thread, then I know there's a problem. Quite aside from what my own family is telling me.
Well, for all the naysayers who think that support for the war and our soldiers is just fine and dandy, I say why don't YOU show a little support for the troops and demand that Congress address the lies about our soldiers? Why?