Because you took the opportunity to belittle the work our troops do. Because you tried to chip away at the morale of the troops and their families. Shame on you.
So the "work our troops do" is always noble and necessary, no matter what? I'm not trying to chip away at anyone's morale. I simply agree with Rep. Paul. But I suppose you consider him to be a treasonous scoundrel as well.
You can see by this article what the libertarian thinking is. The Constitution Party is even worse. Cindy Shehan must have taken her talking points directly from their platform which reads in part:
"In responding to terrorism, however, the United States must avoid acts of retaliation abroad which destroy innocent human lives, creating enmity toward the United States and its people; and
"In accord with the views of our Founding Fathers, we must disengage this nation from the international entanglements which generate foreign hatred of the United States, and are used as the excuse for terrorist attacks on America and its people.
"The 'war on terrorism" is not a proper excuse for perpetual U.S. occupation of foreign lands, military assaults on countries which have not injured us, or perpetual commitment of taxpayer dollars to finance foreign governments. "Although some people consider then harmless, the third-party FReepers are just as anti-America as the anti-war protesters during the Vietnam era and they should be exposed wherever they pop up.
I think Ron Paul is brilliant. He is right, too, everything he said.
I especially enjoy his comments on democracy and "spreading democracy." I cringe everytime I hear Bush babbling about "spreading democracy." Democracies, unfortunately, are opposed to individual freedom. Evidence abounds.
As for the assertion implied in the posts above that we are fighting in Iraq because somehow that is taking the fight to the terrorists, that is simply absurd. Shame on you that put forth this BS. In the years to come, most of you will come to the realization that terrorism is not some "Dr. Evil" dude presiding over a unified global network of conspirators.
They hate us because we are free? You gotta be kidding me. Why don't they hate other countries that are "free?" If we weren't in the Middle East, we would not have terrorism against the US. Simple as that.
Some of you guys need to lay off the Kool-Aid and get out of the cult. Sooner or later, even a majority of this board will drop their foolish defense of this War on Iraq. Most of you, anyway.