What Say We Drop All This Obama, Clinton, McCain, Ron Paul, Pre-Determined Election Yackity Yack ??

Question

and for At Least a FEW DAYS, Show Some HONOR and SUPPORT for OUR Military in Iraq & Afghan ??? http://resistinmarch.org/

Answer 1

Thank God someone has said something!! We all need a break from this insane primary season-- even I do, and I'm a campaign volunteer. But I'm a Houstonian, and my primary & caucus is over, so I need a vacation from the stress and constant racist attacks and all of it. Pennsylvania is over six weeks away, and we should all try and focus on the other issues in our country and in our personal lives that, at least on my end, have been neglected somewhat due to my passion for the political process.

YES! I hope everyone who reads your question says yes to turning our attention to our brothers and sisters in Iraq and Afghanistan. My cousin Dustin actually just left two days ago to return to Baghdad for a second year-long tour of duty. We barely had him back for what seemed like minutes before he had to pack up and leave the country for another year to fight on our behalf. I pray for Dustin, as well as all the other troops, every day. I'm not a religious person-- in fact, I'm in constant confusion about my faith, or lack of faith-- but I still pray fervently for my cousin's life and the lives and HEALTH (mental and physical) of all our troops. In comparison to wars in our nation's history that have lasted at least as long as the war in Iraq, this war has had the fewest U.S. casualties. But the statistics of injured troops (amputations, paralyzation, PSSD, etc) is under-reported. People are so disconnected to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. When my cousin visited my husband, kids and I two weeks ago, he said he actually missed his "brothers", and that in some ways, he was looking forward to returning. He hates the war in Iraq, and personally can't wait until he can be discharged from the Army; but he said that coming back to the states is so strange and unfamiliar and surreal that it's actually caused him to deeply miss the cameraderie of his fellow soldiers. He said that when he's back home, it's almost as if there is no war. People don't discuss it hardly at all, as though nothing's happening over there and guys and girls aren't risking their lives every day; but the few times he's been around people who do discuss it, it's purely negative and usually becomes a purely Bush-centric conversation/arguement. No one sits and talks about the guys who are dying, getting injured, risking their lives.

And while we're on the topic, let's hope whomever does become the democratic candidate and John McCain both make concrete committments to do what's necessary to end the Iraq conflict as soon as possible if/when they are elected. We need to refocus our attention on Afghanistan. Had Bush never waged this war in Iraq, or had at least waited a few more months before invading, Bin Ladin would probably be dead. The Taliban would have never come back again after having been defeated. It's time that our leaders, current and future, put their focus back on Afghanistan and the Afghan/Pakistani border. And let's all hope that the war in Iraq is ended responsibly as well as quickly; let's hope that our men and women who have died did not die in vain. Hopefully the Iraqis will find a way to stay democratic and avoid civil war.

Hats off to all the troops out there, including Dustin who is now in Baghdad yet again. Hats off to all my other friends and family who are stationed (by the Navy, Air Force and Marines) all over this country and outside of it (my cousin Ben has been in South Korea for a little less than a year, and we all miss him terribly). Thank you all for what you have done and continue to do for us each and every day!

For those of you who read this and are also invested in and paying attention to the primaries, let's make it a point ot remind the candidates that, although the economy may be heading downhill quickly and there are many other important issues we're facing, we have not forgotten about Iraq, Afghanistan, The Taliban, Al Quada, Bin Ladin, but most importantly: we have not forgotten that there are thousands of Americans who are out there fighting each and every day with utter selflessness. Thank you again.

Answer 2

Excellent point, bt! but the war and everything about it makes people become, shall we say, passionate? (and not in a s**y way)...but whether one supports hillary, mccain, obama or ron paul (or nader), we all want our troops home, we all support them, we all want peace. What most of us hate is being attacked as "not supporting the troops" if we voice our opposition to the war....of course, these personal attacks started in the beginning (of the war) because that's what the republicans would charge us with when we were skeptical about the "reasons" we had to invade iraq....now, of course, most americans are against the war, but i've never heard of any democrat accuse them of being flip-floppers.

Answer 3

Unfortunately there are a lot of other things we should stop talking about so we could focus on our soldiers. But in this lifetime thats not going to happen. Everything else is more important. It sucks but thats life!

Answer 4

I can multi-task and do both.

Answer 5

Nice sentiment

Answer 6

Two of your links lack the "www" prefix, and won't work.  But the truthout one does, and I checked that out.

Don't you see that the more important ending the war is, the more significant our choices for candidates and for president?  The war was not declared by Congress, and a strict Constitutionalist like Ron Paul would just plain end it.  Unfortunately, there now seems little chance that Dr. Paul will win the Republican nomination, and he has said he is not interested in running as a third-party (namely Libertarian) candidate.

So November is probably going to come down to McCain versus That Woman (in which case I vote Libertarian anyway), or McCain versus Obama, in which case I vote for Obama.

It's not just about the war, but I would say the war is the number one issue in the elections.

Answer 7

If you haven't looked beyond what is happening half way across the world....understand that the US is in crisis.  We need to be concerned about our economy, our jobs, our credit, our houses, the gas prices, the national election to elect the next president of the US.

Little tired of being bitc**d slapped for not supporting George Bush's war.  Want me to concentrate on the troops....bring them home where they belong