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DistantWind88 Donating Member (695 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:31 AM
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6. Why not?
Unless you'd rather tell your hubby, "I'm so ashamed of what you did in Iraq."
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  -Are you proud of our troops? lebkuchen  Jan-21-05 10:13 AM   #0 
  - Yes- "General don't win wars but they can lose them"  underpants   Jan-21-05 10:19 AM   #1 
  - Just to play Devil's Advocate...  regnaD kciN   Jan-22-05 04:15 AM   #39 
     - completely agree with your arguments, but for one little fact..  dutchdoctor   Jan-22-05 11:52 AM   #64 
        - Right, but I think the poster was trying to separate the 100,000 total  DS1   Jan-22-05 11:54 AM   #66 
           - I understand..,  dutchdoctor   Jan-22-05 12:06 PM   #69 
  - I'll be proud, but more sorry.  UL_Approved   Jan-21-05 10:21 AM   #2 
  - So much for kids and general who do not know what they are doing.  izzie   Jan-21-05 10:28 AM   #3 
  - Pride is a hard issue to qualify.  sleipnir   Jan-21-05 10:29 AM   #4 
  - Forgive them, they know not what they do...  ArkDem   Jan-21-05 10:30 AM   #5 
  - That's more like it.  hector459   Jan-21-05 11:46 AM   #20 
  - Why not?  DistantWind88   Jan-21-05 10:31 AM   #6 
  - I'm not proud of them  gWbush is Mabus   Jan-21-05 10:32 AM   #7 
  - I'm proud of the ones who have helped  DistantWind88   Jan-21-05 10:35 AM   #9 
     - enough with the schools and hospitals bullshit  thebigidea   Jan-22-05 10:39 AM   #55 
        - I am so sickened by the reconstruction propaganda--it's utterly false  Ms. Clio   Jan-22-05 12:47 PM   #71 
  - I feel sorry for them - a great sadness  sparosnare   Jan-21-05 10:33 AM   #8 
  - i am sad for my troops  seabeyond   Jan-21-05 10:37 AM   #10 
  - I don't think proud is the word. I feel bad for them.  Stirk   Jan-21-05 10:45 AM   #11 
  - Expendable numbers  AG78   Jan-21-05 10:45 AM   #12 
  - EXTREMELY grateful for their service  Squatch   Jan-21-05 10:55 AM   #13 
  - Not proud, sorry for most of them. Some I despise because they LOVE  leesa   Jan-21-05 10:58 AM   #14 
  - Well....  Jackie97   Jan-21-05 11:24 AM   #15 
  - Cannon fodder and killers doing what they're told to do.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Jan-21-05 11:30 AM   #16 
  - I'm proud of the 5,500 who have chosen not to go to Iraq.  DrWeird   Jan-21-05 11:32 AM   #17 
  - Yes I am proud of them and support their decision not to be a part  Blue State Native   Jan-21-05 07:11 PM   #30 
  - Neither proud nor ashamed.  UdoKier   Jan-21-05 11:35 AM   #18 
  - Not proud. I appreciate their idealism in serving the country.  amBushed   Jan-21-05 11:40 AM   #19 
  - I was proud of the allied coalition  lebkuchen   Jan-21-05 03:28 PM   #21 
  - Sure. I just don't agree with their mission.  MrSlayer   Jan-21-05 03:31 PM   #22 
  - No, they are nothing more than a tool. If anything I feel sorry...  Javaman   Jan-21-05 04:35 PM   #23 
  - No  NervousRex   Jan-21-05 04:41 PM   #24 
  - Many are DEMS  Caria   Jan-21-05 06:11 PM   #25 
  - Most of us agree with you on this ....  Trajan   Jan-22-05 01:27 PM   #73 
  - I am not proud for their slaughter BUT....  leftchick   Jan-21-05 06:44 PM   #26 
  - No. I mainly feel sorry for them. They have no choice.  leesa   Jan-21-05 06:46 PM   #27 
  - Some of 'em, sure  geniph   Jan-21-05 06:49 PM   #28 
  - I am proud of them  seito   Jan-21-05 06:51 PM   #29 
  - "the majority of them served honorably"  mike_c   Jan-22-05 11:00 AM   #59 
  - My BF's nephew is being sent back there next month  Piperay   Jan-21-05 07:12 PM   #31 
  - no  dvaravati   Jan-21-05 07:13 PM   #32 
  - Our Troops  journalist3072   Jan-21-05 07:16 PM   #33 
  - No  Pastiche423   Jan-21-05 07:40 PM   #34 
  - I am patiently waiting  Karenina   Jan-21-05 08:17 PM   #35 
  - I pity them  Generic Other   Jan-21-05 08:51 PM   #36 
  - my views also Generic Other...  annabanana   Jan-22-05 10:19 AM   #50 
  - the few people I know fighting, joined voluntarily after the war started  superconnected   Jan-21-05 08:56 PM   #37 
  - There is no pride in war, nothing to be proud of  Selatius   Jan-21-05 09:01 PM   #38 
  - Sad and sympathetic, but not proud.  Vidar   Jan-22-05 09:41 AM   #40 
  - I'm happy that many survived Shrub's war (so far, that is)  Solly Mack   Jan-22-05 09:52 AM   #41 
  - They are just doing their jobs  RetroLounge   Jan-22-05 09:55 AM   #42 
  - No- I feel sorry for them  alarimer   Jan-22-05 10:00 AM   #43 
  - No. I sympathize with them.  Jim__   Jan-22-05 10:08 AM   #44 
  - No  neebob   Jan-22-05 10:08 AM   #45 
  - Very well said, Thank You! n/t  ezekiel333   Jan-22-05 10:31 AM   #53 
  - Agree with most here - not proud  tinonedown   Jan-22-05 10:13 AM   #46 
  - I, personaly, am proud and grateful for the service men  Guy Fawkes   Jan-22-05 10:13 AM   #47 
  - I'm proud they did their doody. I'm ashamed we sent them.  spanone   Jan-22-05 10:14 AM   #48 
  - I am proud of Sgt. Kevin Benderman who has said "No!"  confuddled   Jan-22-05 10:18 AM   #49 
  - I don't know about proud but I certainly have more respect for them  ccbombs   Jan-22-05 10:22 AM   #51 
  - No pride in the mission - the soldiers themselves were put in...  Cooley Hurd   Jan-22-05 10:28 AM   #52 
  - I'm Ashamed of the American people  Geek_Girl   Jan-22-05 10:34 AM   #54 
  - I don't agree, with a qualification. Those who join the military choose  liveoaktx   Jan-22-05 10:44 AM   #56 
  - Nope....not proud.  Coventina   Jan-22-05 10:48 AM   #57 
  - no pride-- we should be ashamed of what they've done...  mike_c   Jan-22-05 10:49 AM   #58 
  - You don't really get it, do you?  Raskolnik   Jan-22-05 11:22 AM   #60 
     - speak for yourself....  mike_c   Jan-22-05 11:34 AM   #62 
        - Once again, you don't seem to get it.  Raskolnik   Jan-22-05 11:41 AM   #63 
  - I'm ashamed of US for putting them in this position.  Raskolnik   Jan-22-05 11:31 AM   #61 
  - ....  alexisfree   Jan-22-05 11:54 AM   #65 
  - I support the 'troops' ...  Trajan   Jan-22-05 12:01 PM   #67 
  - I wish they'd complain alittle louder W likes that.  gizmo1979   Jan-22-05 12:04 PM   #68 
  - I'm very proud of our troops. n/t  pdxmom   Jan-22-05 12:08 PM   #70 
  - no--i dont support the troops.  rocktop15   Jan-22-05 12:58 PM   #72 
 

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