Originally Posted by: hunter60

My problem with so much protest music is 1) it's counter-productive for the troops. They need to know we are behind them 100% and 2) that so many artists putting out this music have never served. They are singing about this being wrong...etc. And in turn, they make money, in some cases, millions of dollars from protesting? So they can jet around the country, retire to the Malibu Hills, drive around in their Hummers and take on this air of smug liberal pomposity...I find the diametric oposition to be infuriating.

Word.

I read a report today on Cnn.com that said 58% of American people want our troops out of Iraq before 2008. All that says to me is there's a whole lot of people that want to see Iraq reduced to nothing more than a civil war torn 3rd world country with no political system.

Not sure how you'd feel about a world super power coming over and dethroning your dictator, throwing your country into termoil. Then, before the country restores order, they pull out all their troops and leave you dealing with the post war politics... without a political system.

Sounds like a great idea guys............... the common denominator in protest is detatched ignorance... Detatched meaning they have no connection to what is going on over there besides what they read in the news. To me, the people that SHOULD carry the loudest voice in a war protest are the men and woman that put their bodies in the line of fire for those that are too weak to do so on their own... I believe that the armchair politicians should just deal with the fact that if it weren't for the very people that they're protesting against... they wouldn't be allowed an opinion at all.

I watched the "Explorer: North Korea" on National Geographic and lets just say it renewed my love for democracy...