Our soldiers are doing what there Commander-in-Chief has requested of them. Are terrorists being killed, yes I would hope so.
Are Innocent men, women and children being killed, yes, it is unfortunate and it is unavoidable once you have initiated war. Our soldiers did not initiate the war, their President did. Had the President not been so hell bent on going to war with Iraq then there would be far fewer deaths of Americans and innocent men, women and children. Not to mention the tens of thousands of Americans, Allies and innocent Iraqi's that have been wounded and maimed. Besides had we not gone to war with Iraq we would have found just as many WMDs. And there would not be such support of the Al Qaeda within Iraq. Sadam and Bin Laden did not support each other. There has never been any evidence that they did. However, the Al Qaeda does support the insurgency in Iraq and the Al Qaeda actually has a presence in Iraq today. Something it did not have during Sadam's rein. -----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 2:37 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Speaking out against Soldiers So you no longer think they're killing innocent Iraqis or do you think they are being forced to murder the innocent? On 7/6/05, Ken Ketsdever wrote: > "publicly disagreeing with your gov't" != "speaking out against > soldiers" > > Sorry but to say disagreeing with your gov't = speaking against soldiers > is a crock of shit. > > I am in favor of the military and our soldiers. They do what many > won't. They volunteer their time and lives to protect our nation and > our way of life. However, When they volunteer they give up their free > will and submit to doing whatever their government asks of them. > > There is a tacit agreement between our military men and women and our > President and other political leaders. Our military sign up and lose > their options. They do what they are told when they are told. In > return there is an expectation that their lives will not unnecessarily > be put in harms way. That our government will use them to protect our > nation and our friends. > > In the case of Iraq where there was an abuse of that power to send our > military men and women in harms way it is the responsibility of American > Citizens to stand up and make noise. To let the Political leaders know > this is not an action that US citizens support. And that we should not > be risking American lives for such a cause. > > There is a huge difference between supporting our troops (in part by > making noise to bring them home). And speaking out against our soldiers. > Our military men and women are doing what they are told. I and most > everyone I know thanks them for this. However, more and more American > citizens believe that the war was wrong and that the administration > needs to work on a plan to bring our brave soldiers home. > > During Vietnam many of the public spoke out against the war by attacking > the military and our soldiers that was then. Today our soldiers are > supported, even by those of us who disagree with the war. > > So speaking out against the war is not speaking out against our soldiers > it is supporting them. If I were still in the Marines, I would have to > go fight this war that I disagree with. I would sure hope there was > someone at home making a public statement to end the war and bring us > home. > > > Support our soldiers: Bring them home! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163277 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
