speak my mind. To do any less would not be honest to myself or to
others. It wouldn't be American, to use a jingoistic phrase. But I
absolutely support my friends and family who are there who are working
to help the Iraqi people. I can because I know them. I know they are
honest and caring people who want to help. How they got there and what
the larger implications of their being there are are a different
issue. They have to make the best of a bad situation. Yes it may weigh
on their morale, but like I said I encourage them to do the best they
can, and the least harm, while they can.
We all work at jobs that have bosses that make decisions that we often
disagree with. Or have people asking us to do things that we think are
stupid. It's part of any job, and I'm not going to make excuses for
it. But like anyone doing their job, they can choose to do it well and
with dignity or they can do it half-assed and make a mess of things.
What's different In the case of a soldier is that the results are
often life and death.
-Kevin
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:37:47 -0400, Nick McClure
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is interesting way to look at it, however I feel that protesting the
> 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.
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