Originally posted by SkyRock
I also believe you completely insult our troops by the line quoted above. Anyone who joins the military knows what their job is, and they are not stupid enough to be "hurt" be the process of freedom. One of our greatest freedoms, is the right to voice opinions, and I shall excercise that right. Me and my children send support letters to troops and I have never and will never put down a soldier that is doing his duty, but I also will not give up my right to criticise my government! Our soldiers might not like to hear my opinions about the war, but they are old enough and capable enough to be strong and do their duty as they are told to by their commanders. It is offensive to the soldier for you to treat them like they are person of weak mental fiber that cannot handle criticism of their government without it affecting the way the do their job.
Not hardly.
One of the things of greatest importance to troops, any troops is knowing they have the support of the people back home.
Not having that support hurts morale which in turn hurts their effectiveness which in turn gets some of them killed.
Tell me. in those support letters, How many times have you told them they shouldn't be there?'
And why they are there and what they are trying to do is wrong.
With friends like you, they don't need enemies.
Nobody is stopping you from being critical of your government.
But its obvious that you have become so blinded by your own hatred.
that you have become almost irresponsible in exercising that right.
And can see nothing positive out of success of any kind.
Reread my previous post and the message I was trying to get across.
You might not like why we are there.
you might not like that we are there.
but inasmuch as we are there. And cant go anywhere until the mission is accomplished
Might as well accomplish what we went there to do.
Because that is the only path for those boys to come home
Its fine that you are critical of your government.
But its also important to recognize and reinforce the positives that happen too.
Any coach worth his whistle will tell you that.
If all you do is preach the negatives. You can only expect negatives to happen.
Troops are influenced by the same type reinforcements both positive and negative that teams do.
that's why officers give the rip roaring Georgie Patton type motivational speeches
You boo the 50 yard pass completion for a first down because you don't like the teams owners
To hear you talk. You don't sound like a patriot just mercerizing his right to be critical.
You sound more like Eore from Winnie the Pooh
"everything's wrong .Nothing can ever go right"
"We just built a fine house but it will probably fall on our heads tomorrow"
