Do you really support the troops?
Published on Thursday, January 3, 2013 by Common Dreams
I Do Not Support the Troops
Why those who say "I Support the Troops" really don't
by Michael Moore
I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. I am tired of
the ruse we are playing on these brave citizens in our armed forces. And
guess what -- a lot of these soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines
see right through the bull**** of those words, "I support the troops!,"
spoken by Americans with such false sincerity -- false because our
actions don't match our words. These young men and women sign up to risk
their very lives to protect us -- and this is what they get in return:
They get sent off to wars that have NOTHING to do with defending
America or saving our lives. They are used as pawns so that the
military-industrial complex can make billions of dollars and the rich
here can expand their empire. By "supporting the troops," that means I'm
supposed to shut up, don't ask questions, do nothing to stop the
madness, and sit by and watch thousands of them die? Well, I've done an
awful lot to try and end this. But the only way you can honestly say you
support the troops is to work night and day to get them out of these
hell holes they've been sent to. And what have I done this week to bring
the troops home? Nothing. So if I say "I support the troops," don't
believe me -- I clearly don't support the troops because I've got more
important things to do today, like return an iPhone that doesn't work
and take my car in for a tune up.