re: #331 NJDhockeyfan

DKos: why I don’t “support the troops”

It’s too bad you’re incapable of actually reading the diary you linked:

because I support individuals.

I support our individual soldiers in their right to live.

I support Afghani people in their right to rule their country as they see fit, just as we here in the United States did when we declared independence.

I support military families and their right to have a decent life, and if necessary to fight in a conflict that truly defends our country.

I do not “support the troops”, because it’s just a slogan to justify a useless war based on lies and on profits for the few at the expense of the many.
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“support the troops” is, in my opinion, a political slogan that means “don’t question our war”.

Well, I am questioning it. I’m trying to be polite about it, but I am absolutely committed to saving as many lives as possible, on all sides.

If that means getting flamed because you see me as non-patriotic, so be it. Respectfully I believe you are wrong, but that’s a chance I have to take.