Why is it that people think war protesters are against ‘The Troops’? I just heard some poor woman on the radio sobbing that her son is in Iraq and those of us that are against the war should stop protesting because we should be supporting the troops. Huh?
Wouldn’t the best thing for the troops be standing on deck in the port of San Diego cleaning windows or the runway or lubing a jet or something, with no one firing on them? Do people really think that one can’t be against the war without being against the soldiers? Holy crap, I don’t want to be a soldier at any cost. I am so grateful that these people have volunteered to do this work for me, and I want them to come home. In fact, I wish their idiot leader had never sent them in the first place.
And while I’m at it, when these soldiers do come back, they better be taken care of, medically and educationally. I am still sick from the news of the last gulf war where it was denied that some soldiers were even sick for years, even though it was clear that these guys were sick. A big chunk of that $75 Billion should be going to the VA.
I am sure she has heard nothing but the shouting of a bunch of unemployed hippie-wanna-bees pounding their drums instead of the views of any of the individuals in the crowds. I wish I could find that woman I heard on the radio and buy her dinner and explain my view. Maybe she would understand that we all know that her son didn’t make the decision to go to war, and that we are against the one who did make that decision. Not against the troops.