"Support the troops!" until, of course, it's time to support the troops

[lame54]

John Stewarts take on the situation
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/05/30/jon-stewart-calls-out-mccain-for-hypocrisy-on-supporting-veterans/

[gratuitous]

1. We used to have a saying in this country

"Talk is cheap." See, it meant that it was relatively easy to say just about anything. Doing stuff, however? Well, that's hard werk. And the 'Murikin people unnerstan what hard werk is all about. And the Bush administration isn't about hard werk.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. I'm so sick of this "Support the troops" crap

It's nothing but groupspeak as a way of atoning for the allegedly brutal treatment some guys received at the hands of ignoramuses when they returned from Vietnam. Now, we're all supposed to say we "support the troops" so that we're not perceived as being like those Vietnam-era assholes.

I don't support the troops. Back in the days of Vietnam, we had a draft, and boys got caught and had little choice. I applauded my friends who burned their draft cards, got conscientious objector status, and/or hightailed it to Canada. They weren't about to lose their lives for some idiotic country in SE Asia that meant nothing to them.

Same with Iraq, only it's lousier now, because it's all volunteers. I feel for them, I truly do. But I'd like to see them lay down their arms and say, 'We're not doing this any more. This is bogus. This is bullshit. This is not our war."

That's why I don't "support the troops."

[lame54]

3. i like the Support the Troops magnets...

that are made in China

[ThatsMyBarack]

5. And are plastered all over gas guzzlers everywhere....

Right next to their "My kid is an honor student" stickers. :eyes:

[LynnTheDem]

4. Lip service to idiotic mantras are the rightwing way of life.

They don't even have the intelligence to realize their mantras don't even make sense.