tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post4469534136465915139..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Police Support the Troops badges: bring them home or support the war?Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-72305107945387446432009-08-08T09:41:51.744+01:002009-08-08T09:41:51.744+01:00Yes, a powerful point, Liam, that is often missing...Yes, a powerful point, Liam, that is often missing in this debate. <br><br>So has the establishment succeeded in naturalising in the public mind the presence of foreign troops in other lands?<br><br>I thought Craig Murray's statement that he saw heroin factories alongside the bases in Afghanistan, and that the war there is nothing to do with heroin production but is actually about the oil pipeline running through the territory, exposes this conflict for the corrupt crock of lies it is.<br><br>The moral right is with the civilians caught up in this in their own country — a terrible wrong has been done to them — but it's difficult also not to feel some human sympathy with the young men and women being sent out there to fight for some company's oil rights.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-49519524064080487252009-08-08T09:28:01.205+01:002009-08-08T09:28:01.205+01:00In the real world "support for the troops&quo...In the real world "support for the troops" or, worse still, "our troops" means support for the murder they are committing in another country. <br><br>This fuzziness that is slipping in by saying we "support" them by wanting them back confuses more than clarifies. We want them out because they have no right to be there in the first place.liammacuaidhttp://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-36351369701724273602009-08-04T11:23:02.193+01:002009-08-04T11:23:02.193+01:00Great post and thanks for your kind comments on IC...Great post and thanks for your kind comments on ICU (been having server probs so hence late aknowledgement)<br>Troops out or in we should remember that support does not always equate to agreement<br>GMGwei Muihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118148558033452749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-70738968750042539112009-08-03T02:40:31.291+01:002009-08-03T02:40:31.291+01:00The antiwar movement can't for one moment, giv...The antiwar movement can't for one moment, give in to the idea that it's hostile to soldiers. It never was true.Renegade Eyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-89606817927850910212009-07-31T22:50:44.611+01:002009-07-31T22:50:44.611+01:00A well-made point about the rozzers and their take...A well-made point about the rozzers and their take on badges--viz and to wit, leaving off their own while beating up disenting demonstrators. Who, after all, needs no stinkin' badges?Brigada Flores Magonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832555450198713371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-82654868216617798322009-07-31T09:45:01.276+01:002009-07-31T09:45:01.276+01:00I see you've been reading Hunter S Thompson. ...I see you've been reading Hunter S Thompson. Man that's very mild stuff compared to a full blown psychotic episode. Very Mild. Got that all you wannabe Hunters?Mr. Divinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07052431203238859217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-18630775758693879692009-07-31T01:01:46.203+01:002009-07-31T01:01:46.203+01:00Well said, Mrs M. The war brutalises everyone and ...Well said, Mrs M. The war brutalises everyone and makes a lot of money for the Daddy Warbucks of this world. <br><br>Anyone who romanticises armed conflict and forgets that war is hell should get out there themselves.Madam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67394699372550820342009-07-30T19:45:31.747+01:002009-07-30T19:45:31.747+01:00Of course we should not support the troops! and th...Of course we should not support the troops! and the War for obvious reasons....<br>The troops are an extension of the war.... <br><br>We must demand louder and clearer for every single soldier to come home NOW!Nevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14695297829881237662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-18983112353229890602009-07-30T14:10:40.031+01:002009-07-30T14:10:40.031+01:00Over here, it'd Support The Troops bumper stic...Over here, it'd Support The Troops bumper stickers. I find it a cheap and easy sentiment devoid of any true empathy for what Mr. and Mrs. M go through. Support the Troops: Bring 'Em Home.K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67037391349623696292009-07-30T14:03:32.562+01:002009-07-30T14:03:32.562+01:00i also do not like how not supporting the war some...i also do not like how not supporting the war somehow means not supporting the troops. my husband is going back to the 'stan tomorrow and while (as you know) i support him endlessly, the last thing i throw my support behind is this neverfuckingending cataclysmic war. besides, does it really matter if we wear buttons or not? I think it's common knowledge that by now, nearly no one supports this or any other war.Mrs. M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00183304316110414247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-67732481631070115542009-07-30T12:49:30.542+01:002009-07-30T12:49:30.542+01:00BINGO - Dog (watch), Fly, Badge(r)Another prize?BINGO - Dog (watch), Fly, Badge(r)<br><br>Another prize?Mr. Divinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07052431203238859217noreply@blogger.com