“So the question is: are the troops motivated to support a candidate who says that their mission is a lie, that they are dupes, and that they are incapable of accomplishing their mission?”
I would suspect, given your postulation here, that the troops would NOT support such a candidate. But no one from Berkeley or Code Pink is on the ballot anywhere... and I KNOW you know that Dr. Paul has never once said such things. You are a complete liar if you say he has. But then we KNOW you lie about him so what else is new???
Paul has publicly stated that the war in Iraq is not part of the war on Islamic terrorism.
If that is the case, then the troops' mission is a lie and the troops are therefore dupes, since they believe that their mission in Iraq is indeed part of the war on Islamic terrorism.
Moreover, Paul has publicly stated that the war in Iraq is "unwinnable" which is the same as saying that troops are incapable of accomplishing their mission.
In reality, US troops are eliminating Muslim terrorists in Iraq every single day and they are quite capable of winning in Iraq.