No rational country would discuss the continued occupation of Iraq in terms of "supporting the troops."
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BarbinMD at DailyKos wrote the following sentence: "The only question left is, will the Democratic leadership continue to support the administration or will they choose to finally support the troops?"
How did we get to this point where the issue seems to be 'who's supporting the troop' the most? It would be obvious to anyone who paid attention that Democrats in Congress usually support better equipment, better R&R, better training, better medical care, better pay and better benefits for the armed services than do the Republicans. That's all and good.
But as far as Iraq is concerned this harping on supporting the troops is a cop-out. Republicans 'accuse' Democrats of not supporting the troops because many, hopefully most, Democrats don't believe that the United States did the right thing in invading Iraq and that we should get out of there as soon as conceivably possible. To change the subject my dog looks fixedly in a new direction hoping I will follow suit. Just like my dog, Republicans like to change the subject and like any 'good' used car salesman they choose something that will put their opponent (and to Republicans everyone of us is an opponent, even an enemy) on the defensive. What better way to put a Democrat on the defensive than to take something they care about and accuse them of not caring, in fact of doing harm. As Republicans destroy Iraq and the US, they accuse everyone who doesn't kowtow absolutely to their will of not doing a nebulous, emotionally charged and ever changing 'right thing.'
BushCo, CrapWeed (or Turdblossom to Bush), most Republicans and a very significant portion of the media believe the US has a right to go where ever it wants and do what ever it wants. The issue of the troops is just a bugaboo.
Few talk about US criminality. Instead we have meaningless dialogue about 'support for the troop.'
Support for the troops is not THE ISSUE. The US invasion and occupation of Iraq is the issue.
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