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I don't agree with why we are at war, and i've gone to an anti-war protest, but I too have a guy i care about somewhere over in the middle east...and he couldn't even tell me where he was going when he left. He wanted to go though. That, at the end of the day, is more inportant that any protest, and dissent, and any rally. He knew i didn't believe in the reasons he was going but that didn't change his mind. I've met several of the guys from his platoon, and there was not a single one who was afraid to go and defend this country, on the other hand they looked at it as something that needed doing, and they wanted to go so they could come home to the people they love. I know some people don't see our men and women overseas as defending our country and our rights, but that's what they believe they are doing. Because of that, I feel like I have an obligation to support our troops and this war. In the end, they are over there for us. I have been writing a letter to my friend, and it's hard to not include the things i see on the news because I have always talked with him about everything. the anti-war protests are something i can't even begin to write about because I want him to continue to believe that he is over there fighting for a cause. I don't want any of our troops to give up hope. If they hear about all the anti-war protests that are going on in this country, from all the people who claim they are "pro-troops" don't you think that that would be letting down the men and women who believe there are over there for us? No one likes the thought of our friends and family being killed, and we don't want poeple to die. We SHOULD want them to do what they desire and feel they need to do. Support is not mud slinging, it is not yelling that our troops are immoral, or protesting their actions at a time when they believe they are necessary. It is understanding that they are doing their jobs and respecting them for that.
Okay. I'm going to get off my soapbox now and stop my ranting. sorry i made you read all of that.
~OUlioness01
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