SAYING you support the troops, and putting a cheesy-ass yellow ribbon magnet on your car does not "support the troops".
Taking care of injured and disabled vets adequately when they come home is support.
We fail at that.
Ensuring the vets come home to the same freedoms they were supposedly "defending" is support.
We fail at that.
Having an economy that can provide adequate economic opportunities to troops who muster out is support.
We fail at that.
Finally, making DAMN sure that any man or woman wearing the uniform of an American service does not risk their life needlessly or for mere corporate gain is support.
We fail miserably at that.
There's a big difference between supporting an unethical and immoral war, and supporting the troops. In fact, much of the time, those two things are mutually exclusive.
So, next time you talk to someone who "supports the troops", ask them exactly HOW they do that.
Chances are that they don't.
Not really anyway.
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