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Fighting there doesnt have anything to do with here. Iraq especially. Afganistan we are loosing anyway. Originally Posted by GMAN
There is no good reason to show a dead soldier on the front page of a newspaper. I don't want to see any of our people die in a war, but better we fight there than here.
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So what, that's fine as long as its below the rate.Originally Posted by GMAN
Keep in mind that there are more people who die on the streets here than in this war.
File:Ushomicidesbyweapon.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
These are figures on how many people died in the US in 2004(latest) by a weapon, around 8000 or so....
As long as we are below that figure than its fine i guess. We still have a ways to...
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FARS EncyclopediaOriginally Posted by GMAN
There are also more people who are killed in automobile accidents than have died in this war.
Great then, over 34000 people died last year in automobile accidents. Man we have a ways to go there as well. Great analogy !!!
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Our country is going broke and we cannot afford it anymore and i have given up MANY of my freedoms to this government because of this stupid wars. If my freedoms have been endangered then the terrorists have won. Iraq has nothing to do with my freedoms, Afganistan as well. Originally Posted by GMAN
Some people don't think that we should not fight to defend our values or protect ourselves.
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Excuse me, BUT, what does my support for troops have to do with me opposing or supporting a war. Maybe we should attack whoever we like as well, its justified as long as our troops are there huh? Originally Posted by GMAN
Whether you agree with this war or not we are there. It is our obligation to support our troops when they are fighting for us. And you cannot support the troops by opposing the war.
Maybe if the government started attacking people here as well, we should support them anyways?
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BEST WAY TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS IS TO MAKE THEM COME HERE. Those who were responsible for the attacks on this country are still on the loose, Bin Laden isnt even charged with the Sep11 attacks http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/terbinladen.htm , and even though we are there, it aint doing it no good over here, but i guess as long as our causality level is below the level of our automobile accidents we are all good.Originally Posted by GMAN
You either support our troops or the enemy. I choose to support our troops. There are some things worth fighting for. I have no doubt had we not taken the war to them that there would be fighting on our streets and car bombs exploding throughout our country. War is a dirty business. Most of us understand the demands and sacrifices made during a war. We don't need to see dead bodies on the cover of our newspapers or TV's. It only serves the opposition's agenda and is disrespectful of the soldier and their family.