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January 31, 2007
Support the troops?
Via Free Republic, here's an excerpt from of a letter in today's Boston Globe:
MY HUSBAND recently returned from active duty for Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has been puzzled by people who speak out -- to his face, mind you -- against our government's plan to increase troops or increase funding for troops but who, in the same breath, say, "But I support the troops."
Recently, he very quietly responded, "Really, that's great. Exactly how do you support the troops?" The person was caught off guard and had no answer.
Read the whole thing. FReepers are asking themselves what, exactly, anti-war folks mean when they say they "Support the troops". My take: It means, "I do not support the troops, but the Left's Viet Nam lesson is that they should pretend to support the troops rather than throw batteries at them, both literal and figurative. So I am pretending to support the troops with this legalistic disclaimer."
The letter goes on to make some suggestions as to how to actually "support the troops."
Posted by bill at January 31, 2007 01:34 PM
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