Nobody wants to hear the truth. And those of you who say "support the troops, bring them home" apparently don't realize how badly you're hurting morale. It's just as if your family said "we need food and shelter, but we know you can't provide it."
Those soldiers who joined the military to be true soldiers know the costs of war. That's why they don't fight for us, they fight to protect each other. As it should be. But those here in America who claim the war is lost, who support the troops by asking them to fail in their mission, or those who joined the military thinking it would be an easy way to get some bucks for their bank account; all of you need to think about the ammunition you give those low-life sons-of-biatches with the IEDs and the roadside car bombs in terms of propaganda. My nephew is there. My friends are there. And my husband served honorably in Desert Storm.
I hope every single person who hides their cowardly heart behind the cries of "Support our troops, bring them home!" remembers how broken and heartsick our men and women were when they came home from Viet Nam. They came home that way because we forced them to fight in a way that was sure to cause the most human loss through the political and ignorant actions of Robert McNamara and JFK, LBJ, Nixon and many others. Read your history. We didn't lose that war. We walked away from it because it was a nightmare for our politicians. And when we left, more than 2 million people were killed by their government.
Is this really what the left and anti-war at any cost people really want? You complain about our negligence to the suffering of the Iraqi women and children, yet neglect to mention that the killers are purposely using churches and schools from which to fire their weapons. You forget that if we leave now, those same women and children will suffer even more because those wonderful Muslim men believe women and children are just proof of their virility and have no other value. You fail to mention that we tie the hands of our soldiers with bleeding heart BS and demand that our congress complain loudly and mightily that "we are causing those poor people to suffer" and yet ignore the reality that our options are  limited militarily because of your whining.
This war could have been over a year ago or more had the spineless cowards of this country not insisted on acting as if we were merely at gathering in which some of the invitees were being rude.
If you really want to support our troops, send them letters telling them that we love them, honor them, and pray for them. If you don't believe in prayer, then support them by writing them and telling them that they are honorable people even though their actions are dictated by the whims of a politician 5 thousand miles away. Let them know that you empathize with them for having to endure the hardships caused by others. Send packages with chewing gum, sun-block, cookies, books, magazines, and packages of goodies that they can eat and remember home.
But stop the hypocritical whining. Because every one who looks into their heart and wants to see the real truth will realize that if you were in the kind of tortuous life that Saddam Hussein had imposed on his citizens, you would want the Calvary to rescue you too.
And also remember that to many in the military, patriotism and a love for country is not an abstract philosophy practiced only by the ignorant or superstitious. It is a feeling of love and gratefulness to have been born in the best possible country where freedom and the rule of law are the standard.