today on the radio I heard this DJ, who just got back from the middle east, say “Even if you are against the war, don’t protest. We need to know, as solders, that you are behind us.” It struck a chord with me.

Lets say, for the sake of argument, I am Anti War. More specifically anti THIS war.

“I will not support the people involved with this war, because I am AGAINST the war. I cannot support the people who CHOSE to get involved with the military. No one has been drafted in 30 years. If you joined the military, you did so on your won volition, knowing you might do things that the general public wouldn’t agree with. I will not support YOU doing things that I do not approve of. Would you support ME if I was doing something that you didn’t approve of? I didn’t think so. So why expect that of me? I don’t agree with people who kill abortion doctors, but they need support too. I cannot support people willy nilly because they need it. If are doing something that I don’t agree with I am not going to support you, no matter how much you badly you say you need it. I will not. And more importantly, I can not.”