Comments on: Anyone Still Think They Support the Troops and Not the War?

By: The Search for a Definition...: May 2007

The Search for a Definition...: May 2007 — Mon, 07 May 2007 13:35:24 +0000

[...] response to this particular blog I have to respond first by saying that there is a grand generalization made in this entry that is [...]

By: Scribblings of the Metropolitician: Hey, I'm Anti-War, But Pro-Troops

Scribblings of the Metropolitician: Hey, I'm Anti-War, But Pro-Troops — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:51:44 +0000

[...] ROKdrop, for the linkage. But I beg to differ with you a bit on your post “Anyone Still Think They Support the Troops and Not the War?” There are a lot of people like me, who always thought (and still do) that there wasn’t enough [...]

By: Sergeant Sellout

Sergeant Sellout — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:37:21 +0000

I must say quickly, I support troops, I am one, I support the war in Afgahnistan, but not in Iraq. When called I will go where the command tells me too either place, I will not object in any fasion. I have always supported troops being a 4th generation soldier I was raised that way. Everyone is entitled to their opinions, and I respect their reguardless if they respect mine. I do feel that the people who support troops the best are not with gift baskets, but with warm bodies especially if it is theirs, theirs childs, or parents. People run and Army and it is the hardest thing to supply. People that support troops, hopefully, has atleast tried to be one at some time. That is my take on true supporters and for those who couldn’t or chose not too, that is their right and the reason I am supporting the constitution to guarantee those rights, and the rights to not support the war. Structured, educated debate only makes us better.

By: Richardson

Richardson — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:35:22 +0000

The Metropolitician has responded to this post (but apparently didn’t send a trackback). I left a comment there.

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:57:53 +0000

This war.

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 01:38:43 +0000

The media was itching for a war because of the headlines despite their dislike of Bush. Now things are just back to normal in the media. I’m curious to what you consider anti-war, this war or all wars?

By: Sonagi

Sonagi — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:18:37 +0000

I am anti-war, not anti-military. When a soldier home on leave from Iraq came to school to pick up her daughter, I shook her hand warmly and told her I respected what she was doing. Her eyes welled up as she asked us teachers to take good care of her daughter.

I do not think the media is consistently anti-war; rather, I think they are wafflers who try to lead public opinion. I was still in China when the US invaded in 2003, so I did not read or watch much US media coverage, but I don’t think Bush could have persuaded the American public to support the war if the media was not cooperative.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:18:14 +0000

I might have a completely different view if I were a soldier or had been one for any significant length of time, but, I would say no to protesting in the streets.

Blogging. Speaking out. No problem.

But I would draw the line at street protests and similar activities on the part of the soldiers.

I would also be against, as at least the state of GA is against cops doing this, GIs being actively connected to political campaigns for either party and the NGOs that are directly tied to the politicans and parties.

I would also have a problem depending on the rank and influence of the GI speaking out — with the higher the rank getting more censure than a lowly private.