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American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
I Support Anti-War People
There sure are a lot of people who think it’s a valid mindset to “support the troops, but oppose their mission.”
A recent letter to the Editor of the Ste. Petersburg Times makes the assertion that you can support the troops while opposing the war, expounding, “support the troops means letting them be safe and getting them home.”
The main web page for Veterans Against the Iraq War (VAIW) sports a masthead boldly intoning that people should “Support the Troops, Oppose the Policy.”
Last fall, on BobGeiger.com, a CBS poll was highlighted, which was extrapolated as “while the American people may support the troops, they do not want them in Iraq” and headlined, “Americans Support The Troops, But Not The War.”
An article that appeared in the online Bozeman Daily Chronicle shortly after the invasion of Iraq, identified a number of groups — including VAIW — “are, at least for now, drawing a fine line — support the troops, but not the mission.”
For thirty clams, you can buy a hooded sweatshirt proclaiming to all who see you wearing it, that you “support our troops, BUT NOT THE WAR”.
Someone somewhere made a proclamation about this that was opinionated, maybe biased, stated relative personal values in absolute terms, and I think it was on the radio. Notwithstanding those problems, assuming you think they’re really problems, his statement about “supporting the troops but opposing their mission” carried something that was, for me, an epiphany: “just wanting the troops to come out of this okay, is not enough!”
Maybe it’s not. This blog, which nobody reads anyway, shies away from instructing readers what opinions they’re supposed to be thinking — at least, here, we try to give you reasons for thinking what we want you to think. I’ll leave it to the readers to decide if that’s “enough” or not.
Some will say it is indeed enough. Some will agree with all the people quoted above, and insist they support the toops but oppose the war. They’ll insist they want the war to end A.S.A.P., regardless of the outcome, so that our troops can come home healthy and whole.
Let me just say this about those people. I support them. The same way.
I support our anti-war people. I want them to stay healthy. I want them to live, every single one of them.
And I oppose their mission — their mission of cut-and-run. I want the United States to win.
Yeah, I support the peaceniks, and I oppose their mission. It’s a perfectly valid mindset. I’d love to see one of these “support troops not war” pinheads argue that I’m cutting that too finely. It would make my day.
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