Support Our Troops

I have had this post building inside of me for a long, long time, since before the existence of this Blog. It is basically summed up by one statement: Anything but one hundred percent support for the troops and their mission makes their job harder to accomplish.
I am sick and tired of the lily-livered comment “I support the troops, but not the war.” Folks, the troops are at war for our freedom. They are making huge sacrifices so that our way of life is not wiped from the face of the earth.
Make no bones about it. Extreme Islam has had the United States in its sights for a very long time. Remember the Iran Hostages? September 11, 2001, was the culmination of a very long effort to strike at us here. Thankfully, we have a President that, as Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, who recognized the significance of that attack. He also knows that the best defense includes a strong offence.
President Bush made it clear a long time ago that this war was different. He told us that it would be fought on many fronts, and this was not a war on specific countries. Right now, we are embroiled in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some will try to make you believe that we are losing. I don’t think so. I just know that this war will take much longer than most people have patience for, and that there will be setbacks along the way.
I have noticed that people generally tend to accept the mission in Afghanistan. We are still there fighting terrorists, even though the country has a new government that is working well. Yet, when it comes to Iraq, people have a problem. Yet when you think about it, the mission is the same, basically. We are there fighting terrorists while the new government is forming a new constitution. The only difference is the number of terrorists there, and the fact that the enemy was better prepared before we arrived.
I want to take this opportunity to make one point very clear. Saddam Hussein was a terrorist. He just happened to also be the “leader” of a nation as well, and had all of the resources of the country at his disposal. He needed to go. In my first rant on terrorism, I provided links to some interesting information about Saddam’s links to terrorism. If you haven’t seen them, you should check it out.
So when a group of people go to Crawford, Texas, to protest the war in Iraq, they need to be reminded just who it is that makes it possible for them to be there. The next time you see a soldier in uniform out in public, make sure to shake his or her hand and thank them for what they do. God Bless the United States and its Armed Forces.

Best place I've found for info on the troops: Jack Army