Supporting the Troops

There are some interesting (and amazing) issues when it comes to "supporting the troops" and how it is defined by those who want the troops pulled out of Iraq and those who want them to stay.

Those who want the troops pulled understand that they are in an impossible situation and that the mission, as stated by Dubya, was based on lies and no planning, and continually changing. Those who want them to stay forget there is no military solution to this damnable situation, and forget that the war is based on lies and deceit.

Those who want the troops pulled are veterans of previous wars and, in the case of the House, five of them are veterans of either Afghanistan, Iraq, or both. Many of those who want the troops to stay have NEVER served a day in their lives.

Those who want the troops pulled understand that the troops who have been in-country over these past few years know that our troops are being short-changed and don't have the proper protective equipment or training. Those who want them to stay refuse to acknowledge that our troops don't have the equipment they need or the training to do some of the missions they have been tasked with accomplishing.

Those who want the troops pulled know that while Dubya has said he will listen to the commanders on the ground that he hasn't DONE so. Those who want the troops to stay THINK they know more than the military leaders who have been educated and trained in the conduct of warfare.

The bottom line is this: Those who want the troops to stay don't support the troops or the military when they don't support the yellow-bellied chickenhawks' rhetoric. It is impossible to respect yellow-bellied chickenhawks who "cut and run" when it comes to common sense and true patriotism.

I've checked up on the backgrounds of some of the neocons who blather, drool and foam at the mouth about staying the course or the "new plan." People like Patrick McHenry, Adam Putnam, Virgil Goode, John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Brit Hume -- none of them have served their country. If they really believe this war is so "right" (pun intended -- maybe), then they should be waiting at the doors of the recruiting stations when they open in the morning and insist on enlisting as enlisted persons (not the officer corps) in the infantry and insist, like Prince Harry is reported to have done, on being sent to Afghanistan or Iraq immediately.

After all, they support the troops, don't they? Send them to the QM and tell them they don't have protective equipment for them but they're going anyway.
Bet they'd crap in their pants behind that one. And while they're at it, take Bush, Darth, Condi, Dougie Feith, Hadley and the rest of the equally delusional neocons who dreamed up this clusterf*ck.

It's the VERY LEAST they can do to "support" the troops ... live a tour in the troops' combat boots who they really don't give a crap about.