You can be patriotic and still don't support the war

Original Post Date: Oct 22, 2005

I posted this on one of the group sites, I liked what I wrote, so I thought to make a blog for it.

You can protest the war and still be patriotic. I believe a lot of people that is against the war are still for the troops. To ones are impatient on us winning the war and establishing democracy. I tell them be patient, let us do our job. I just see that a lot of people seem to find satisfaction in when they hear that there is a set back in Iraq. Because in their opinion that is making the Bush Administration look bad. Overall everyone should want us to win the war. I can understand if people want the war to end, not because they want the Bush Adm to fail, but because the think that the cost is to high for the results. However, if you ONLY want us to lose this war to make our current government look bad there is something wrong with you. In Iraq there is a lot more at stake than that. To the post saying that all troops should put down there guns and not fight. I took an oath that said "I do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend the Constitution of the US against all enemies, foreign and domestic: that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. That I will obey the orders of the President of the US and the orders of the officers appointed over me. according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. SO HELP ME GOD."

IT is up to the American people on how the government will use us. If you don't like this war write your congressman, vote vote vote, mail him everyday and have all your friends, family members, and anyone else you can do the same. Write to him that you will not vote for him or anyone else that doesn't support the proper strategy on winning the war or if you don't support the war, if you don't get our troops home as soon as possible. My personal opinion is the one from the person that started this post. If you want us home let us do our job and show the terrorists that you have our back on that. The terrorists are using the same play book as the N. Vietnamese did. The more public protesting the terrorists see the more they believe they are winning. The more "documentaries" like Fahrenheit 911 that comes out the more it emboldens the terrorists. Lets have the debate in Congress not on the street. If you still are going to protest I really hope you are still writing your congressman, because if you don't do that you are just an idiot holding a sign. Make the government work for you to bring social change.