About the support The troops by bringing them home slogan
1. This is not a debate for the anti-war vs pro-war discussion
2. Please try to stay on topic.
One thing that has been bugging me for a while is the anti-war slogan, "support the troops by bringing them home." Let me start off by saying, as a former soldier, no one wants to be in a war zone. No one wants bullets whizzing over their head (better than through your head though) or artillery dropping left and right. However, a soldier's job is to kill people and break things.
When I hear people say, "support the troops by bringing them home," I can't help but think how misguided that statement is. Would you apply the same statement to police officers or fire fighters?
"Hey California fire fighter, those wild fires are real dangerous! I'll support you by telling you to go home and let that fire burn out."
"Hey New York City police officer, it's dangerous on those streets why don't you just hang out in the police station where you will be safe?"
Doesn't have quite the same feel to it does it? It sounds almost parental in the way it gives the impression you lack faith in the person and want to protect them rather than let them do their job.
I don't see how supporting the troops can be anything but arming and feeding them. This whole "support the troops by bringing them home" feels like a backhanded slap in the face to me. When I hear it I can't help but think that the speaker lacks any and all faith in the troops and considers them to be a bunch of kids that need protecting.
Well, am I right or wrong? Please add to the discussion and feel free to bring up other slogans used on both sides of the argument. Slogans only please.
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I don’t think its the case that they think soldiers need protecting, they are just playing politics… knowing attacking soldiers to be bad politics they are trying to be “anti war” whilst at the same time being “pro soldier”…
Somewhere behind these slogans / campaigns you will find yet another self serving politician trying to further their own career…
Do these people campaign for better medical treatment for the injured as part or their “support for the troops”?
I feel the same way when people refer to the troops as “kids”. A soldier is not a kid, s/he is a grown up. Calling them a child or kid is insulting.
I’m one of those that say “support the troops by bringing them home.”
What I mean when I say that is that my quarrel is with the people at the top giving the orders and not the ones faithfully serving.
The troops are doing what they joined up to do. Serve the country. Thank God someone does!
But they have been ordered into a mistake justified with lies.
Their service is being used for things not in the nation’s interest.
They are serving with their lives for something other than the nation’s interest.
The war in Iraq is a betrayal of the trust the troops gave the nation when they joined up.
If I feel the war is a mistake, what should I do? Should I let the troops continue to die over there?
Or should I honor their service and use the rights we have here to bring them home.
You should fight to bring them home but you should use a different slogan.