Posted on 01/31/2007 10:17:24 AM PST by raccoonradio
MY HUSBAND recently returned from active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has been puzzled by people who speak out -- to his face, mind you -- against our government's plan to increase troops or increase funding for troops but who, in the same breath, say, "But I support the troops."
Recently, he very quietly responded, "Really, that's great. Exactly how do you support the troops?" The person was caught off guard and had no answer.
If you want to support our troops, take care of their families. Too often military families' needs are overlooked. If someone you know has a soldier overseas, help out. Take the kids for an hour. Show up one night with a prepared meal. Shovel their driveway . Give them a shoulder to cry on, take them out for a night on the town. Ask them if they are OK.
But the very best way to support our troops is to provide them with the much-needed personnel and materials to do their job and get out of there as quickly as possible. Cutting off support to our troops will not bring an end to the war. It will only make the job of the soldiers already there more difficult, if not impossible.
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It means the speaker supports the idea of troops so long as they aren't deployed anywhere off post, and would like to see the number of troops reduced to perhaps a couple dozen with single-shot bolt-action rifles and the ammo kept under lock and key someplace else.
I have also heard people ask the question...'how can someone not support the troops?'
Thats because this person is lying, and really does not support the troops.
That's like telling a son who is a cop that you don't support any of the laws he's enforcing but he's got you support. Makes absolutely no sense.
It means, "I really am an anti-American traitor, but I don't want the peons to think that."
The Left stood up when "We support our troops" was said - BUT few if any wear the flag lapel pin.........so what does that mean? Hillary doesn't wear one; Biden doesn't wear on; Obama.......................
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I'm sure that dude that spit at CPL Sperling says he supports the troops too.
The Democrats idea of "support the troops" is they assume the troops will enjoy being screwed as much as the Democrats enjoy screwing them.
It means, "I do not support the troops, but the Left's Viet Nam lesson is that they should pretend to support the troops rather than throw batteries at them, both literal and figurative. So I am pretending to support the troops with this legalistic disclaimer."
It may go back to the days when our soldiers returned from Vietnam and got spat upon. Oh-so-sensitive liberals/anti-
war activists got a bad name for that so now they say,
"Oh I oppose the war BUT I SUPPORT THE TROOPS!" So that
people won't think they'd rather spit on soliders or
call them baby-killers (...though some still do...)
...another anti-war-activist saying: "We support our troops most by saying BRING THEM HOME".
No, that _isn't_ support.
It means you put a trendy magnet on the back of your vehicle and feel good about yourselves.
What does wearing a flag lapel pin have to do with supporting the troops?
Such as:
I support the troops, but...
I am a conservative, but...
I voted for Bush, but...
Well it's probably just some sort of non-binding support.
They support the troops...
just not our troops.
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Statement: I support the troops!!
Question: Yes, but WHOSE troops from WHICH country?
"BUT few if any wear the flag lapel pin"
Bet you have one of those 'magnets' on your car...
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