(Support our Troops) from Texas.... Its like a whole other country

Their is a woman leading an anti-war protest against the president right now. If i wanted to make an effort and dig up all her assundry nuttiness I am sure i could find blogs that have done very good yeoman's work on it. But then I would be letting her win by talking about her.

This woman didn't all of assudent come out of the events of this war with these politics and frankly her using her son's death to advance her own cause is one of the most moral repugnant things going on in America today. Worse is the media refusing to expose her for how nutty she really is.

But at her latest fit of needing attention, she was bringing up other anti-war "activists" evoking a name of an anti-war group which used fraudlent veterans and ended up giving us a failed presidential canidate i almost changed the channel but then a guy from my home town here said something that hit home.

He said that the people who were there protesting the war were doing more to support the troops then people putting a yellow ribbon on their car. Their is an Irony of course that the same leftist logic which attacks the Yellow bumper sticker applies here. He is saying only anti-war people support the troops.

both arguments are wrongheaded.

Supporting the troops can be about supporting their mission, but supporting the troups is much bigger. If you call or contact your congressman saying "our men in the field should get more of x" or "We need more troops out there in the field." then you are supporting the troops.

If you buy one of those hated by the far lefty yellow ribbon magnets which gives money to a fund that helps care for the children and families of fallen soldiers, then guess what you ARE supporting the troops.

If you participate in sending a care package of supplies to troops serving over seas... guess what you are supporting the troops. If you help the wife or family member of a soldier pay a bill, or even bring them some food you are supporting the troops.

being "pro-war" or "anti-war" doesn't support the troops at all. SUPPORTING the troops supports the troops.

Now their is a second problem I have with that bit of logic. That pulling the troops out of Iraq some how supports them. I don't see that in all honesty and maybe some political leftists out there in TV land can help me out on this. If our troops died, were crippled, and have deep psychological scarts then how does pulling out support them. How does making their sacrifice truely for nothing provide them with support?

I am not asking anyone to answer this question with "Iraq war good" or "Iraq war bad"... neither of those are acceptable answers. Nor is "well they won't die." I am looking for a real answer that fills me in on how pulling the troops out supports them. Now keeping them in without a good strategic managment from above doesn't support them either. But how does a pull out some how give them the magical S word?

This is as close as I can get to poli-blogging lately without going elvis on the tv