by Englishman 8 Replies latest jw friends
Yesterday saw the first of the fallen Brits being returned home to RAF Brize Norton.
The first 10 British soldiers who died in Iraq, were, unusually, returned to the UK. Normally, fallen Brit soldiers are buried at the place in which they fell, however it has been decided that where possible, all bodies will be returned the homeland in the hope that the bereaved relatives will be able to gain some comfort from this.
Englishman.
I pray the casualty's are low, and everyone else comes home safely. This is exactly why I didn't want this war. Accidents happen, you can't prevent them, you can prevent this.
If you get the Daily Mirror here in the UK they are sending free yellow ribbons out for free if you want them. They are not supporting the war but the troops that are out there for us.
May be worth it
That's all nice and good, but I have yet to see a troop support ralley here in the states, that didn't have bush/government support piggy backed on it.
Not true TH
http://rallyforamerica.blogsofwar.com/
I was at the Rally for America in Houston 9,000+ people attended. There was plenty of support for the troops there. Even Shela (Crazy Lefty) Jackson Lee was there. Her qoute "I support the troops".
Please don't put your "spin" on reality. Oh and have you ever had this thought, maybe the reason you probably don't see equal rallies as the "peace" (err. disruptive, stopping traffic so working people can't get to work, cost the taxpayers money for extra police, mostly students that have no jobs, no experience in life, no experience in foreign affairs, still living of mommy and daddy who most likely are successful, productive members of society.) is that the majority of the troop supporters have to work productive jobs, spent time with there families. They probably don't have the time (since they do have a career) to counter every "peace" "die in" "teach in" rally.
Just my 2
Yes, why is that there are so many weirdo's attending peace rallies?
You know, really odd looking people generally, many sort of unwashed and scruffy, almost as if they're looking for a peg to hang their neuroses on.
Englishman.
Support the troops by bringing them home to build roads, schools, and hospitals. There's plenty of work right here; good, productive, SAFE work. I support them and at the same time feel bad for them that they have been drawn into this "war" by the slick propaganda of the Bush regime.
So sad, could not imagine my child coming home cold, in an eternal sleep, in a lonely box.
Trauma,
: I pray the casualty's are low, and everyone else comes home safely. This is exactly why I didn't want this war. Accidents happen, you can't prevent them, you can prevent this.
Yeah, I also prefer wars in which no one dies and everyone on both sides lives happily ever-after, while the problem that caused those wars is somehow magically solved with no loss of lives. Most wars are like that, huh?
But then again, I must be smoking some serious shit to think like this.
What kind of serious shit are you smoking to think like this, TH?
Farkel
