I am getting so sick of hearing the "if you don't like it, get out" rhetoric -- or here, the even better, "if you don't like it, why don't you go live under Saddam's rule." The only response that seems appropriate to that is, if you're so pro-war, why aren't you over there fighting? Is the logic in that ridiculous? Yes. So is the logic in the "don't like it? get out" threat. In case you don't remember, if nobody had ever protested against those in charge, America would not EXIST right now.
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Originally posted by ZZ-kai-
Once again, we are AT war - not going to, or thinking about war. We need to support our troops, support the actions of our Government and all that they believe, and stand behind them as a nation to show Iraq (and all other evils) that we are united. George Bush would not lead us into something for shits-and-giggles.
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I support our troops . . . but I will not blindly support the government just for the simple reason that it's "our government." It's stuff like that that leads to situations like that currently in Iraq. We can't be afraid to question our government, to disagree with it, or to show our disapproval -- if nothing else, I support the protesters simply because they are exercising some of our greatest rights as Americans. And to me, that is way more patriotic than supporting the war. If you were truly pro-American, as you claim to be, then why does it upset you that these people are using their freedom of speech while you complain, at the same time, about those in Iraq not being able to have it? Why should Iraq be allowed to have free speech if you don't want people over here to be exercising theirs?