Do you think that we should have our soldiers back home??
487866
My husband was killed in the Gulf war - if only.\n\nBut at the end of the day David always said to me 'Darling I'm a soldier, if I get killed it's because or the job I chose, nobody made me do it.' \n\nLove to all the troops xxxx
1138110
Supporting the troops can simply mean you support their quick & safe return home. After all, that's what we want, right?
1123686
Here, here. \n\nAs much as I am against the war, I support our soldiers and what they are doing, 110%.\n\nAs much as I want them to come home, I don't want to see them treated like scum, because they are anything but! \n\nThese brave men and women have signed themselves over as property and have done the job they signed up to do. \nI'm afraid to think that these men and women are going to be treated like the soldiers coming home from VietNam. That's just not fair!
817494
I feel we should let them come over. However, they should have (if immigrated legally) a mandatory 2 years served in our military. If caught immigrating illegally, they should have a 10 year mandatory serve and sent back. If they are caught in the act of crossing a border (mainly hispanics, obviously) they should serve 15 years and sent back. My $0.02. American.
978422
I suppose it is their constitutional right to freedom of speech to badmouth our troops.  But I wonder if they have ever given thought to why they have that right.  Do you reckon that they are taking advantage of a right that men like your husband have fought, bled, and given their lives for.\n\nI do not completely agree with the was in Iraq.  I pray every night that the men who are in our military there will come home soon and safely.  My hat goes off to all of our nations soldiers.\n\nI know that the comments of those people bother you.  They need to get off the back of the men and women who are doing the job that the government tells them to.\n\nI do not know who you are, or even your husband's name, but when I pray tonight before I go to bed, one of my prayers will be that he will come home safely to you and the rest of his family.\n\nAlways stand beside him and love him unconditionally.\n\nGod Bless You and Yours in this Holiday Season.\n\noltmprch@yahoo.com
546320
I am a military wife and proud of my soldier.  He is deployed now.  Yeah we have lost people but those soldiers we have families who wish they were still with us.   you may not care about those who have fallen but i sure as hell do.  you need to remember what country you are in  before you go bashing those who is fighting for your freedom.
884604
It's a nice idea, but practically speaking, it will take a lot more than bringing our men and women home to where they belong to make a difference to the UK. \n\nI really don't think that the war in the Middle East is to blame for our troubles at home, the UK has been on a downward spiral for some time now and from what I see, this is caused by a total breakdown in family values.  \n\nBut with regards to the troops, you are right, they get little thanks or recognition and they are not paid nearly enough!  But whether they agree with decisions being made at higher levels, they are here to protect and serve their countries and I for one am grateful to the ones who choose to do this for people like me and the all of the ungrateful shites here.
788150
I PRAY he brings our soldiers home...this very time last year I was in deep depression because MY own husband was over in Iraq...he spent over a year there but made it back....I still have nightmares sometimes and think he's still there, even......so I DEFINITELY hopes he does his best to bring the boys back home.....all of them.....
274199
Sorry I did not see the press conference with Bush.  I am a Canadian, and I try not to watch political things from the US (perhaps I should start!).  But I think that it is TOTAL BS that he isn't going to bring your troops home.  I know that the are proud to fight for their country, and for what they believe in, but I think that it is about time that they start pulling out.  I know that Canadian troops have gone in and started taking over for the US troops in some areas (but then again Canada is a peace keeping nation and the US is an a** kicking nation! lol) ... I don't know what to think, but those are my feelings.  My prayers are with you and your family, (and for you hubby and all the troops that are involved in this war) God Bless
804309
I dont agree with the draft, cause you will have people out there who don't really know what they are doing, and you won't be sure if they will have the soldier beside them, their back either. My theory of it is, let them sign up and if they don't oh well. I don't know why they want to do a draft, we have lost enough soldiers as it stands. \nJust bring them all home....and quit deployments! (if only it was that easy)
694902
We owe each and every soldier.  Upon leaving they should at the least be offered sustaining medical and dental coverage until they get employment.  Some are left with no possibility of future employment!  Where is our responsibility!
907271
I don't think they'll bring them home right away.  Georgie boy made quite a mess - it's going to take a while to clean it up.\n\nI think that it will be sooner - but we can't make a mess in the kitty litter box over there and then leave it for someone else to clean up.\n\nI think our force will be smaller, and it will be there more for aide than for war/policing.  that is Iraq's problem now.\n\nUnfortunately, they're in a civil war - whether Bush wants to admit it or not, and a lot of Iraqi's will die in that civil war - but again, that's not our problem.  We were going to stay out of it anyway.\n\nI foresee that if the Dems win, and they will - our boys (and girls) will be back home in two years - tops.\n\nI think we'll withdraw from Iraq, possibly even Afghanistan, and go do something worth-while, like help out in Africa.  That's where the real help is needed.
690236
you mean ww3. Cuban missle crisis? They went back home!!!!
725238
Yes, definitely, we should bring our troops home, if Sadam was the real reason for invading Iraq.  Unfortunately, some of us still believe in our dear president's lie... And if it were about establishing democracy, then we would have done that long ago, in countried like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China, Egypt, ... you get my point?\n\nWe've opened a can of worm with his sentencing... All over the world, this will be seen as the winner kills the loser; and in doing so, we've killed thousands of innocent Iraqi bystanders ... so I wonder... who's going to be responsible for those later deaths? Shouldn't the perpetrators be tried too?? the US???, oh no, of course not ... it was also Sadam's fault, right???
893378
I'm not sure going on strike will do the trick. Theres not really much we can do to get our troops home. I dont agree with them still being over there but they will get to come home when they are told to come home. All we can do is pray for there safe return and hope to god this madness ends.
710452
Lost cause? I think so. Due to the political pressure back here in the States the job was never going to get done the way it should have been. \n\nPull out? I am curious about that. I'm wondering how we would pull our troops out in such a way as to not make the ones temporarilly left behind more vulnerable since Iraq is so unstable.. Obviously they can't all leave at the same time. \n\nI wonder how those who just want them out of Iraq lock, stock and barrel would deal with that situation. It seems like it is all or nothing. Stay there or leave. Who is going to point to which soldier and say you get to go home immediately and you can't. You get to leave in a month from now but in the meantime don't get killed. \n\nIf we care soo much for all of our troops wellbeing how is leaving prematurely going to give the utmost protection to all of them. No one here at Yahoo answers who just wants the troops out addresses what the consequences are to those left behind waiting for their turn to leave.\n\nDie in vain? I would say to those who lost a loved one in Iraq before the job is done, yes. To all of those who are just anti-war or anti-Bush, probably not. I don't think they will give it a second thought. The soldiers who have fought and died in Iraq are props to be used politically any way they can. If they truly cared then they would be taking into consideration how to get *all* the troops home safely moreso then just constantly saying get them out without even realizing to do so with the conditions being what they are in Iraq that a higher percentage of men and women will die during the transition.
987398
I actually agree with you. I say bring back home the troops and lets send George Bush and all his people over there. All the soldiers are doing is fighting for Bush's butt and his people. Let send them all over there so they can fight for Bush and Bush can fight for himself. Bush and his people are chicken to fight for us. I am sorry, but it is the truth. We didn't need this war at all. All Brush is doing is killing are solider and that is wrong of him. May God bless us and all of our troops.