Support out troops??

I think not.

I find it so fascinating when I see people with a sticker that says "support our troops" on their bumper and posters that say "bring 'em home" with a bunch of soliders on them. Yes, we should bring the soldiers home but not because it's sad what they are doing, but because war is wrong and it's not okay to take innocent lives because of a lost cause.

Why should we support our troops? They're killing innocent civilians and we haven't gained anything since this started 8 years ago. That's almost a decade. "Support the troops", "they work so hard!", "They're fighting for our country!", "They're risking their lives!" None of that matters when poor families are getting murdered and their homes are being destroyed. I don't see soldiers as "fighting for our country" I see them as voluntarily and proudly killing people who are absolutely helpless. Everyone knows that there is no military stronger than the US', so soldiers take advantage of that and step on everyone they can in order to achieve something that will never be achieved. It makes me so mad. I hate those yellow ribbons that say "support our troops" why should we support them?! They're not doing anything noble or kind. Yes, it takes a lot of courage to go and fight, but that doesn't make what they're doing okay...it takes even more bravery and courage to say "no...I don't need to be a part of this and I can't do it."

People so blindly "support our troops" and they don't even realize what exactly they're doing. Have they realized that we have literally gained NOTHING from this war and innocent people continue to die every day? Gas prices are still too high, (I'm embarrassed to mention his name because it's such old news, but...) Osama Bin Laden hasn't been, and will never be captured. This war started and will end in vain. People are sympathetic to the troops because a lot of the soldiers die, but they bring that upon themselves.

I strongly believe in karma. What goes around does indeed come around, but what's interesting with this situation is instead of caring about the poor, innocent, helpless families that are dying and putting an end to this problem, we're crying about some soldiers dying that are armed with advanced machinery and have strong demeanors and then we're saying we need to support them. Iraq needs support, Afghanistan needs support, Pakistan needs support.

I am aware that Obama is an advocate for stopping the war and it's something that makes me proud to say Barack Obama is my country's president. I love the guy and I appreciate every effort him and his administration have or are making to end this stupidity. But point blank, "our troops" do not deserve the type of recognition they receieve.