merits of war makes it very difficult to support the troops.
Think of it this way, how is it on Morale if you protest the war by saying
we shouldn't be there, how does that affect the minds of the troops who are
there when you say they shouldn't be there, that what they are doing is
wrong.
You may support them mentally, and hope they do their job well and make it
back safe and all that, but if you don't think they should be there, and
that what they are fighting for is wrong, then you aren't really supporting
the troops, you are telling them what they are doing is wrong, and that hits
the morale.
Just my opinion, I don't know how others see this.
_____
From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 9:05 PM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: 9/11 Commission to Cheney - You're still wrong.
well it's an argument over the definition of "pressure." No, the Bush
administration did not hold a gun to anyone's head. Still. The
available choices were portrayed at the time as "support our troops"
or...not. Yes, lawmakers should have shown more gumption and it is
troubling that they did not. But they did not and can you blame them?
I thought twice before standing on the sidelines of an antiwar
protest. And wisely; the protest was teargassed on one of the nights I
was not there. It's very easy to second-guess a CIA analyst with a
mortgage and two children in college.
Dana
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