Supporting the Troops
I don’t know how much longer I can take this BS from people who say they support the troops yet hate our President, think we can’t win, and want us to pull out. I can’t dwell on it or my blood starts to boil. I wish they would all just secede and start their own country. Then they could hate the US all they want and let the rest of us who love our country maintain its greatness. It reminds me of this snotty-nosed brat who lived in the Heritage housing but worked for the ACLU. One night we had a guest speaker from the Army visit and this guy asked a question about Abu-Ghraib. The arrogance with which he asked the question really got under all of our skin. Being a non-violent person, I sought intellectual recourse by asking a question along the lines of “Is it hard for you to fight to protect the freedoms of people who are ungrateful for what you provide?” Sorry, I digress.
Anyway, this comes up because of a couple emails I received from a friend who will remain anonymous. The other day he sent me a video of a comedy sketch spoofing Apple CEO Steve Jobs promoting the iRack. The whole thing was demeaning and made reference to the iRack being broken, unfixable, and unwanted. Then just minutes ago tonight, I received this email from the same person:
“What a wonderful thing Xerox is doing. Please go to this web site and send a card. Such a small thing for us to do but such a large things for our troops to know we appreciate all they do and pray for their safe return.”
Something cool that Xerox is doing!
If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com, you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can’t pick out who gets it, but it will go to some member of the armed services. How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!! This is a great site. Please send a card. It is FREE and it only takes a second. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these? Whether you are for or against the war, our guys and gals over there need to know we are behind them…Pass it on!
How stupid do these people think our soldiers and the rest of us are?! The duplicity, arrogance, and ignorance is astounding. You cannot spew all this vitriol and/or jest about a cause for which people are giving their lives and then hope to “really care” by typing some characters into a web page so a company can send a card for you! Notice the phrase “whether you are for or against the war…” How often do you hear people who actually love and appreciate our military preface things with a phrase like this? You don’t. No one respects fence riders–especially when they’re only pretending to ride the fence and really detest what’s on one side of the fence.
Well said. It’s always refreshing to hear words like these…especially having to work with friends on the left and right obsessed with getting along with everyone in their padded little worlds. Nevermind that there are greater, more important things our country is fighting for.