MILITARY MISCONDUCT?

For too long "Support the Troops" has been shorthand for "Support the War." Bush supporters have used the phrase to cut short protest, and to imply that if one opposed the war one opposed the people sent to fight it. Bullshit.

So what do these people say about Iraq veterans who oppose the war? Do they support these troops? That's a tough one.

Earlier this year, the Congressional Progressive Caucus held a meeting to hear the experience of members of Iraq Veterans Against the War. For more about the group, visit their website HERE.

Here's a news story about the group on Good Morning America.

SUPPORT THE TROOPS, LET THEM TALK

Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan was the title of a conference held recently in Washington, DC, that allowed vets from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to tell their stories. The conference hearkened back to the "Winter Soldier" testimonies held thirty years ago during the Vietnam War. Iraq War combat veteran Jon Michael Turner told his story.

"If at the end of a war story you feel uplifted, or if you feel that some small bit of rectitude has been salvaged from the larger waste, then you have been made the victim of a very old and terrible lie."

-Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried



In related news, here is a list of the most vicious war profiteers. Click HERE for the story.

If you're still in denial, you're hopeless. Have a nice day.