A parade? For what? (Reply #7) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: While in Iowa Rick Perry disrespects President Obama [View all]

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 11:30 AM

7. A parade? For what?

I know that we are supposed to honor our military men and women and their sacrifice for this country but, frankly, given the circumstances of our "involvement" in Iraq and the fact that 4-5K soldiers (and countless Iraqis) died needlessly over there in the Bush/GOP "war of choice", getting them out of there was actually the best possible way to honor them IMHO.

And no, this "war" with Iraq was never that popular with Democrats-though President Obama was one of the very small number of elected officials to publicly speak out against it (one of the reasons I ultimately supported him over Hillary).

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34 replies	Author	Time	Post
While in Iowa Rick Perry disrespects President Obama [View all]	Tx4obama	Dec 2011	OP
desperate politicians will do or say anything that gets them attention	spanone	Dec 2011	#1
A parade. What a joke. How about jobs? Health care? Education?	bluerum	Dec 2011	#2
Viet Nam vets make up the highest percentage of homeless in the US	ChairmanAgnostic	Dec 2011	#18
Perry won't mention this though	savalez	Dec 2011	#29
That is what the GOP hateful thrive on.	liberal N proud	Dec 2011	#3
Disrespect is not a verb in the English language	ProgressiveProfessor	Dec 2011	#4
It is now	DavidDvorkin	Dec 2011	#5
this is like the dog on the Christmas card	Enrique	Dec 2011	#6
A parade? For what?	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2011	#7
Perry must have been campaigning too hard... he missed this...	berni_mccoy	Dec 2011	#8
nope ... it's just another type of smear that they can get away with	zbdent	Dec 2011	#17
I believe most of the GOPers are uninformed about many things.	Tx4obama	Dec 2011	#27
And after the parade when Iraq collapses into civil war they repukes	chelsea0011	Dec 2011	#9
Simple parade...	rainbow4321	Dec 2011	#10
our soldiers come first.	AlbertCat	Dec 2011	#11
And they can send pictures of the parade back to the	Maraya1969	Dec 2011	#12
Better than that..........	Plucketeer	Dec 2011	#22
GOP candidates ride the RW radio bandwagon, which takes free pot shots at all things dem, liberal	certainot	Dec 2011	#13
Obama walks across Potomac to order Pentagon pitch parade.	MarinCoUSA	Dec 2011	#14
The President already had the parade	JBoy	Dec 2011	#15
A parade for what?	Cali_Democrat	Dec 2011	#16
I can hardly wait for the Texas parade!	Geoff R. Casavant	Dec 2011	#19
LOL	Skittles	Dec 2011	#20
Sad little Ricky, such a sad little boy	The Genealogist	Dec 2011	#21
The attack reeks of immaturity.	AtomicKitten	Dec 2011	#23
Any private organization that wants to sponsor a parade is welcome to do so	bluestateguy	Dec 2011	#24
But Bush Already Did That 8 Years Ago	DallasNE	Dec 2011	#25
and if he had a parade	B Calm	Dec 2011	#26
That "the government can't do anything right	Tsiyu	Dec 2011	#28
He is using the troops to score political points	treestar	Dec 2011	#33
Just like the one Nixon gave the Vietnam vets -- right? Oh, yeah, none. /nt	Festivito	Dec 2011	#30
Perry is such an ass	slay	Dec 2011	#31
Anyone	Roci	Dec 2011	#32
We won't have to put up with this clown for much longer.	mwb970	Dec 2011	#34

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