Billo_Really said:
What does this mean to you? When you say, "Support the Troops", what exactly does this mean? How does one "Support the Troops"? Prove to me this is nothing more than a slogan on a bumper.
Supporting the troops means not calling it an “unjust war,” or a “wrong war,” or a “war for oil,” or a war based on a lie, when the facts and the laws do not support such lies.
Read and weep:
“Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter,
1. Demands that Iraq comply fully with resolution 660 (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions, and decides, while maintaining all its decisions, to allow Iraq one final opportunity, as a pause of goodwil, to do so;
2. Authorizes Member States co-operating with the Government of Kuwait, unless Iraq on or before 15 January 1991 fully implements, as set forth in paragraph 1 above, the foregoing resolutions, to use all necessary means to uphold and implement resolution 660 (1990) and all subsequent relevant resolutions and to restore international peace and security in the area;”
http://www.dalebroux.com/assemblage/20030220UNRes678.asp
“Recalling that its resolution 678 (1990) authorized Member States to use all necessary means to uphold and implement its resolution 660 (1990) of 2 August 1990 and all relevant resolutions subsequent to Resolution 660 (1990) and to restore international peace and security in the area,”
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/11/08/resolution.text/
“Recalling that in its resolution 687 (1991) the Council declared that a ceasefire would be based on acceptance by Iraq of the provisions of that resolution, including the obligations on Iraq contained therein,”
http://archives.cnn.com/2002/US/11/08/resolution.text/
“March 5, 2003: Bus bombing in Haifa. U.S. citizens killed: Abigail Leitel, 14, who was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire.”
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/usvictims.html
“The suicide bomber was 20 years old, a student of the Hebron Polytechnic University (from which a large number of suicide bombers have emerged) and a member of the Hamas terrorist organization.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/861590/posts
March 13, 2003: “(CBS) Saddam Hussein has distributed $260,000 to 26 families of Palestinians killed in 29 months of fighting with Israel, including a $10,000 check to the family of a Hamas suicide bomber.
In a packed banquet hall on Wednesday, the families came one-by-one to receive their $10,000 checks. A large banner said: ‘The Arab Baath Party Welcomes the Families of the Martyrs for the Distribution of Blessings of Saddam Hussein.’“
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/14/world/main543981.shtml
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32. Requires Iraq to inform the Security Council that it will not commit or support any act of international terrorism or allow any organization directed towards commission of such acts to operate within its territory and to condemn unequivocally and renounce all acts, methods and practices of terrorism;
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33. Declares that, upon official notification by Iraq to the Secretary-General and to the Security Council of its acceptance of the provisions above, a formal cease-fire is effective between Iraq and Kuwait and the Member States cooperating with Kuwait in accordance with resolution 678 (1990);”
http://www.fas.org/news/un/iraq/sres/sres0687.htm
“SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION FOR USE OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES.
(a) AUTHORIZATION. The President is authorized to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines to be necessary and appropriate in order to
(1) defend the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq; and
(2) enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council Resolutions regarding Iraq.”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021002-2.html
Supporting the troops means that you do not say the war is a “wrong war” while defending answers that can only support the killing of our troops:
“ 2). Why not go on record as to whether you agree with your ‘liberal‘ comrade that Osama is ‘playing by the rules of warfare?’ What about Hamas and other terrorist groups?
This one, believe it or not is fairly straight forward... Terrorist groups fight with the weapons they have available... Hamas and other groups don't have airplanes, tanks and the like to fight the Israelis... So they use the only weapons avaiable to them.... The problem I have is the killing of innocent people... If they want to blow up the Israeli military.. GO FOR IT!!” (questions answered that way by an ignorant “liberal” DEMOCRAT after Hamas had called on the killing of our troops in Iraq with their known method of suicide apparatus) (Maybe the Daytona Beach News-Journal’s former webmaster has a copy of that page of the “liberals!” topic, if you want to see the full context.)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-01-10-hamas-iraq_x.htm
Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom was and shall always be a noble cause, and just war.
Complaining about not having enough troops for the invasion is fine, do it in Congress, just explain to me the rotation needed to sustain such numbers until Iraq had a Constitution, stable Government, and the ability to sign a peace treaty? Condemn the “liberal“ for saying Osama was “playing by the rules of warfare,” condemn the “GO FOR IT,” with all your heart, if you truly are anti-war. Complaining about not having enough armor on our Sherman tanks is fine, but do not blame the president for the killings committed by criminals in civilian disguise while Iraq is a high contracting party to the rules of warfare. Do not say the president is responsible for the killings of our troops when Congress voted for the above quoted authorization. Explain to me how you expected to support our troops, to get the help of the international community, when you called it an “unjust war,” a “wrong war,” a “war for oil,” and a war based on a lie?