I had to shovel off my roof yesterday.
18"s of snow in the last three weeks, and the threat of rain scared me into action.
Shovelling give a person time to think.
When Matt was home a couple of weeks ago we had a discussion about the proper treatment of the flag.
He had been to the police station in a neighboring town, and noticed how their flag was worn and tattered.
He mentioned that it was a disgrace, and they should know better.
Then he got after me.
We have a flag flying outside of our home.
He said it was worn, and he noticed we didn't bring it in at night.
The flag is not supposed to be flown at night, without being illuminated.
I explained.
I put the flag up shortly after he was deployed to Iraq, and vowed to not take it down until he was home for good.
Then shortly after making this pledge I read that there is a mandate in Iraq, by our leaders, that we are not to fly the flag anywhere in the country.
Seems we don't want to give the impression that we are a conquering country.
I'd like to know who the dumb m-fer is that came up with that idea.
If we don't want to be considered a conquering country, why the hell don't we get out.
after all we did invade their country, didn't we?
George Bush himself has said " we will not leave until the war is won".
If we don't want to be a conquering country, why are we fighting a war?
The flag will stay up until our combat troops come home, and I don't give a big rats ass who likes it and who doesn't!!
If the men can't show their patriotism over there, I will damn sure show it for them here.
As I mentioned in my last post, there are a lot of people who are of the mind that one can not support the troops and not support the war.
What a stupid notion.
I damn sure support the troops, and I am as against the war as a person can be.
If you clarify the statement by saying that you can't support the troops, and not support the funding for the war.
You may have a point.
While I am against the war, I am in favor of doing whatever is necessary to keep our men and women safe, while it goes on.
I am against the public protests, and acts of civil disobedience in the name of protesting.
Most of the folks involved in the latter are misguided individuals looking for a cause. Some place to belong.
I will show my support for the soldiers, and my lack of support for the war, by voting for the candidate for presidency that has a clear and concise plan for ending the war.
George Bush says we must win the war, or send a message to terrorists all over the world that America is weak, and can be brought down.
I think we've proven that false.
Our problem in Iraq is that the soldiers aren't allowed to take the necessary actions to end the war.
There is no clear picture of what winning the war is.
See previous post.
What is the war?As I see it we accomplished the tasks set forth when we first invaded Iraq more than a year ago.
They were, 1) Eradicate Weapons of Mass Destruction. There were none.
2) Remove Saddam Hussein from power. Check, Done.
3) Allow the Iraqis to hold an election and form their own government. They have. Mission accomplished, our job is done, the war is won.
Now it's time to remove our combat troops, and let their government succeed or fail.
18"s of snow in the last three weeks, and the threat of rain scared me into action.
Shovelling give a person time to think.
When Matt was home a couple of weeks ago we had a discussion about the proper treatment of the flag.
He had been to the police station in a neighboring town, and noticed how their flag was worn and tattered.
He mentioned that it was a disgrace, and they should know better.
Then he got after me.
We have a flag flying outside of our home.
He said it was worn, and he noticed we didn't bring it in at night.
The flag is not supposed to be flown at night, without being illuminated.
I explained.
I put the flag up shortly after he was deployed to Iraq, and vowed to not take it down until he was home for good.
Then shortly after making this pledge I read that there is a mandate in Iraq, by our leaders, that we are not to fly the flag anywhere in the country.
Seems we don't want to give the impression that we are a conquering country.
I'd like to know who the dumb m-fer is that came up with that idea.
If we don't want to be considered a conquering country, why the hell don't we get out.
after all we did invade their country, didn't we?
George Bush himself has said " we will not leave until the war is won".
If we don't want to be a conquering country, why are we fighting a war?
The flag will stay up until our combat troops come home, and I don't give a big rats ass who likes it and who doesn't!!
If the men can't show their patriotism over there, I will damn sure show it for them here.
As I mentioned in my last post, there are a lot of people who are of the mind that one can not support the troops and not support the war.
What a stupid notion.
I damn sure support the troops, and I am as against the war as a person can be.
If you clarify the statement by saying that you can't support the troops, and not support the funding for the war.
You may have a point.
While I am against the war, I am in favor of doing whatever is necessary to keep our men and women safe, while it goes on.
I am against the public protests, and acts of civil disobedience in the name of protesting.
Most of the folks involved in the latter are misguided individuals looking for a cause. Some place to belong.
I will show my support for the soldiers, and my lack of support for the war, by voting for the candidate for presidency that has a clear and concise plan for ending the war.
George Bush says we must win the war, or send a message to terrorists all over the world that America is weak, and can be brought down.
I think we've proven that false.
Our problem in Iraq is that the soldiers aren't allowed to take the necessary actions to end the war.
There is no clear picture of what winning the war is.
See previous post.
What is the war?As I see it we accomplished the tasks set forth when we first invaded Iraq more than a year ago.
They were, 1) Eradicate Weapons of Mass Destruction. There were none.
2) Remove Saddam Hussein from power. Check, Done.
3) Allow the Iraqis to hold an election and form their own government. They have. Mission accomplished, our job is done, the war is won.
Now it's time to remove our combat troops, and let their government succeed or fail.
Here's a picture of Matt expressing my feelings for George Bush's war.
Need I say more?
