When does anti-war become anti-military?
360876
Yes, you can support the military but not the war.  You have to contact your senators and congressmen to bring our youth home.\n\nYou can do this right on the net.  Sent them an email.  This site will find your representatives for you.\n\nhttp://www.congress.org
25156
Sorry Friend, The wars will never stop when there is a lot of greedy countries who are interested in exploiting others and powering others to kneel before them. But you can stop these wars just by one weapon. LOVE a great weapon which can ruin any power and make the power to kneel before the love. Even God said love your enemy as you love yourself \n\nBecause Love will change the minds of others and make them to love you. This is bloodless method to end the war.
124471
no,but media has military scared to fight a war the only true way,without rules.just like a street fight if you fall,i will kick you,not let you get up,and give you a second chance to get in a lucky hit. will not stop until i am sure you are done with any thoughts of continuing the fight.sorry but thats how you win a street fight.
1020322
Follow the rules of engagement. That is all you can do. War ceased to be battle between two distinctly uniformed forces sometime ago. Now we fight people who discard their uniforms in favor of civilian clothing to give them a  perceived advantage in combat. Yes it makes proper identification almost impossible, so the use of force has to be based on actions, not flags or uniforms.
1070240
They joined the Military to do one thing and one thing only.  DEFEND AMERICA FROM FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC ENEMIES.  If you don't want to fight in a war, then don't join the Military.  I spent 8 years in the field of Special Operations, and know the sacrifices that have to be made by service members.  I support whatever the President of The United States calls for concerning the U.S. Military.
248741
depends on the person. i am against the war completely, but some of my friends are for it. A few of my best friends are Marines and one of them is in Iraq right now.  We all agree that we disagree with the war and some of the President's decisions, but that does not affect our relationship at all. They respect my views as I respect theirs, and I definately have respect for all of our troops overseas.
817521
cant say for sure. ask scott@antiwar.com
516444
No way! They're just going to cause more problems. It's like, 'You stab my back so I'll stab yours.' Where does the vicious cycle end? Do they really think that MORE war can bring peace? Retaliation is inevitable. If anything, the world situation's going to get worse.
993333
I don't think anyone would ever say "likes war." But, it's typical that ciuntries who lose equipment for various reasons take advantage of the opportunity to upgrade to the next generation of gear. I haven't heard that Australia is doing that, the US is not, but certainly it would be a normal & good side effect. No reason to "like war" though. It's jsut as easy to get rid of the stuff at home as to burn it out in the mid-east.
25167
When Iraq becomes Americanized...
1127212
No, not at all. \n\nAs early as summer of 2000, I was taking bets on when --- not if, when --- GWB would get us involved in a mid-east war (provided he secured the presidency, of course). Giving the military to George W Bush was like giving a hammer to a three year old. Suddenly everything looks like a nail.\n\nThere were so many other options available this evil man chose to ignore those other options in his rush to war. He has deliberately and dishonorably sacrificed the lives of our sons and daughters to his pride and ambition.
339086
war is never a good option to ending any dispute.  defense of those you love is done out of necessity but going out of your way to kill another human being because you disagree with their ideas or do not like the way they look...i don't know.  that just sounds...i don't know...evil.
372319
Read 1984.  It is not a war on terror.  It is a war.  Just a reason to go to war.  It is ambiguous.  It can continue indefinitely.  It has no terminus.  It is an excellent reason to violate rights.  It is an excuse to seize power and not let go.  It tramples constitutional rights.  It is a pseudo-martial law. (I could go on, but I won't)
838719
Yes. An exit strategy. It will go something like this. We give Iraq a time-line to get their government "in gear" and running, telling them it's their responsibility to get the violence under control. A year passes, nothing changes. Now the onus is on them instead of us. We give them a few more months and tell them if no changes, we start withdrawing our troops. Nothing changes, still uncontrolled violence everywhere. Around April of 08 we start pulling our troops out, and then both parties can place the blame on Iraq for not gaining control of their own country, dismissing any part they had in starting the cause of the violence.
864450
A perfect question...and one about which I have often wondered.  I love this nation but hate the war...that only makes me anti-war, not un- or anti-american!  The modern political climate seems to have forgotten that the right to one's own opinions about our nation's government and policies, and the guaranteed freedom to express those opinions, are the cornerstone of our freedoms as Americans...so by opposing policies we find offensive, we are true Americans through and through!
635351
The war in Viet Nam.  Many people were against it on principle, as I was at the time.  (Actually, I was more against the draft than the war per se, even then.)  Many others felt the government should not have limited the military so much, and let them get in, win it, and get out.  I have come to that view myself.  Still others were very supportive of the troops, but not necessarily the government policy.  That's also something I agree with today.\n\nI am remembering that when I was involved in the anti-war movement, there were a surprising number of socialists and communists involved, and the communists especially always managed to come up with money or supplies for protesters, or printing presses, etc.  Nowadays I wonder how much of that money had its origins in Moscow.
943326
what do you mean by "oppose"? \n\nofficially the war is over with the Iraqi army.\n\nThe North Korean, Syrian , Cuban and Iranian certainly arent allies of the US.