Well, it's day three of the war and just wanted to say to anyone who previously accused me or other anti-war people of not "supporting the troops": Our military is the ONLY, and I repeat ONLY element of this entire mess that I respect. They are doing the job that they have been ordered to do w/ bravery and skill, and of course a major part of their code is to not question the politics of the mission.
Sadam Hussein is a POS who cares nothing about his own people, and is contemptable, and Bush is looking to me to be a gift from someone who hates us and wants us to make huge, stupid mistakes that we will pay for eternally. Combatting terrorism?? I would say more like guaranteeing it in the future. And our allies? NATO and the U.N.? Heck, we didn't need them anyways.
I will admit that a certain percentage of those marching in the streets do not have a deep understanding of the issues, (as could be said for most of the right wing/talk radio crowd), but even a child can see the hypocrisy and BS we have been fed. In just one week the mission has changed from "disarming Iraq by force", (of weapons that they may or may not have, and I pray that they do not since we are in combat), to "freeing the Iraqi people", with the propaganda machine operating at a level that must make some dictators blush.
The guys in the field I respect, the talking heads of our government I do not. And I mourn the casualties of the helicopter crashes that should never have happened. Bush is responsible for any lost lives, IMO.
It's ironic how the same people around here who would never trust the government when it comes to emmission laws for cars, etc., now say that we should blindly trust them when there is overwhelming reason not to. Amazing.
