Do you "Support The Troops?"

Dare I weigh in on this tripe? Na let these uneducated civilians piss all over those who take up the mantle of a "troop". Forgive them for they know not what they do.

One question though. Do you even know what the oath is or do you think you know what our oath is. I'm sure if you knew what it was then you would see that your horrible post would fall under the weight of the truth about our oath.

Maybe we can draft some sort of Appeal to the troops to uphold their oaths?

Perhaps a website explaining why what they are doing violates the constitution and get them to reflect and then make it go viral?

Other Ideas welcome.

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Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. H. L. Mencken

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I pitty the troops.
I mourn for the troops.

I do not support what our leaders decide to do with the troops.
But the men and women,

I support 200% unequivically.

..for the past few decades would reveal a pattern of continuing involuntary support. I'd like to STOP supporting the troops and their illegal and unconstitutional crusades, but to do so would require that I completely stop earning in the over-ground economy and restrict all my economic activities to the free (aka "black") market.

Maybe that's not such a bad idea after all, as it would also end my support for all the other depravities of FedGov or the various State Govts.

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It's a hard thing to say I guess. This is propaganda of, by, for our government. I don't give 'em credit for fighting for my freedom. Someone attacks us on our soil, a huge multitude would rise and fight. Give us our guns. The military is about null 'n void when it comes to protecting our freedoms, the war is at home!

Oh:

The military is being used to keep us enslaved, anymore than that is questionable. Also, during WWII the Japanese refrained about coming unto our shores cause of the population which had fire power. It wasn't the military to my understanding.

And that's hard to say as a former flag-waving, ribbon-wearing, pro-military guy. I would have been in the Army 13 years ago if my knee had not been too injured by sports to pass the enlisted physical. And that scares me - what would I have been ordered to do by now?

No, I don't support 'our troops'. I pity them.

I just hope the day doesn't come that I fear them.

Most of these kids have been seriously hoodwinked. My sister just married a guy in the army. He thinks the war in Iraq is pointless. On my way back from the rally for the republic I sat next to an air force guy who expressed the same sentiment. I asked Adam Kokesh about this very subject while I was in St. Paul. He said this: honor the warrior and not the war. Regardless if a soldier is an idiot or not, they have put their own life on the line in the name of our country. For that reason I will always show these guys respect. David Ike said something one time that I really think was profound. He said: "The generation that refuses to go to war, is the generation that will know peace." I know he talks about the reptilian thing, but I do believe that statement. I think the key to all of this is education.

I only "support" troops who serve honorably, morally, and lawfully. I encourage all members of the U.S. Armed Forces to recall their oath to the Constitution and disobey, as is their DUTY, immoral and unlawful orders, and resist unending, framed-up, engineered, unconstitutional and illegal "war" and occupation.

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"An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self sustained." -Mahatma Gandhi

as did I, to "support and defend the Constitution". I didn't question the legality of Viet Nam, as we supposed to be there under SEATO treaty (didn't realize at the time how bogus that was). However, our modern troops have the INTERNET. If they don't know this war and occupation is illegal, then they are burying their heads in the sand. They have a moral and legal obligation to disobey unlawful orders. I nearly resigned from the ANG six months before I was eligable for retirement because I believed the first Iraq war was illegal. However, my unit didn't participate. So, while I support the troops, I condemn their illegal acts.

So long as the men and women of the armed forces identify with the word "troops", I support them, though I want to see them safely home and these endless foreign wars over. Supporting troops and educating them, as well as being educated by them, are not mutually exclusive.

Pat

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Well said Paul4One,

I would support them if they turned the muzzles towards the enemies of the constitution. The assholes in the Whitehouse and the Pentagon.

From two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Smedley Butler-- who in the 1930s said, "War is a Racket"-- to the current crop, they sure know how to tell it like it is and don't sweat the fall out.

Hard to imagine there is a long list of Marine Corps' anti-war heroes, such as Daniel Ellsberg, leaker of the Pentagon Papers, or David Shoup, also a Medal of Honor winner, who resigned as Commander of the Marine Corps in 1963 over his disagreements with the President about our action in Vietnam. Only retired Marine Gen.David Shoup had the guts to tell Congress that Vietnam was a bad war and we shouldn't be there.Shoup said in a famous '60s anti-war speech:

I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody dollar-crooked fingers out of the businesses of nations so full of depressed, exploited people, they (would) arrive at a solution of their own that they design(ed) and want(ed). Not one crammed down their throat by Americans.

The leading Marine Corps General in the First Gulf War, Anthony Zinni, started campaigning against a subsequent invasion of Iraq during the Clinton Administration and continues to give speeches critical of our ongoing disaster in that country.

Nazi general Goehring said, ˜Of course the people don't want war, but it is the leaders who make the decisions and the people can always be made to do their bidding. Just tell them they are under attack and accuse the peacemakers of lack of patriotism and putting the country at risk."