I love American Soldiers! It's not because I come from a family of soldiers or even because I was one for 27 years. I love them because they choose to do something not many people choose to do or are capable of doing. They choose to serve their country by putting themselves in harms way to defend our constitution.
I continually hear politicians and pundits say you can't not support the troops. I hear them say if you criticize the war in Iraq you're criticizing the troops and if you say we're loosing the war in Iraq it demoralizes the troops and you're not supporting them. It is my thought that those politicians and pundits are dead wrong. You can criticize the war, and you can say we are loosing the war and doing so is not criticizing the troops and it is not demoralizing the troops because the troops are doing what they signed up to do. They are serving their nation and defending the constitution and defending our constitutional right to voice our opinions and criticize our government and it's actions.
We are not fighting in Iraq because 169,000 American soldiers decided we should invade a country without provocation and we are not loosing the war in Iraq because our soldiers are not doing the job on the battlefield. In fact it is quite the contrary. One man, who is not a soldier, decided we would preemptively invade another country and then lied to the nation to get us to do it and one man failed to set a realistic policy and failed to plan appropriately and that is why the nation is loosing the war.
No it is not the citizens of this nation who oppose this war who are demoralizing our soldiers. It is not the citizens of this country who say we are not winning the war who are demoralizing our soldiers. No it is not the citizens of this country who are not supporting the soldiers. It is one man and his associates who are demoralizing and not supporting the soldiers. It is George W. Bush and his administration.
The President of the United States was given a sacred trust in that when elected to office he became the Commander in Chief and was given the responsibility of leading our nations armed forces. He has violated that trust. He lied to take us to war. He took us to war without a coherent policy. He took us to war without a coherent plan and he took us to war without proper preparation and most heinous of all he continues to execute a war without a coherent policy or plan or the necessary equipment and that is what is demoralizing troops.
I love our soldiers because in spite of all that they are enduring at the hands foreign hostile forces and of our own president they continue to put themselves in harms way for our constitution and our country. They continue to bleed and endure hell on earth for our nation and their president is too arrogant and too stubborn to even care. He didn't care during Vietnam and he doesn't care now. Do we expect anything more?
When will our Congress act to bring this travesty to an end?
Those Are The Sergeant Major's Thoughts On That.
1 comment:
Dad,
I'm glad you are back to blogging. You tell it like it is and tear down the wall of B.S. that this administration is trying to build to hide their inadequacy and inability to do what really needs to be done. We; that is the real people in this country, the ones who are capable of free thought and not being brain washed by our "leaders", need people like you to voice our dissatisfaction. To put into words that everyone can understand how this "President" and his cronies are destoying this nation.
Every single time I read one of your posts I am reminded of why I am proud to be your daughter and of this nation's Armed Forces. They are there doing what they have to do, many not even having any idea of why aside from the fact that they are soldiers with orders. You are bringing it to light, at least to some of us, that they are fighting for "W's" interests. But that they do what they have to because he is the "Commander In Chief" and he has declared that it in the right thing for our nation and to uphold our constitution.
Thank you for being a voice of sanity in an incredibly insane world.
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