I am seeing an increasing number of those yellow ribbon bumper stickers with ‘Support Our Troops’ on them. I did not care much about the stickers till I had a discussion/argument with one of my coworkers.

And he brought a good point. He said that all this ra-ra-ra is useless because no one is really talking about bringing them home or why they are there in the first place.

My point is that innocently speaking, we should be supporting the troops who are fighting for the country. No matter what the situation is, now matter how moral (or immoral) the war is, the fact is that they are putting their lives at stake and fighting to (at least supposedly) protect the country.

But his point was that all this is just propoganda. He said that this is typical brainwashing being done to effectively let the average Joe understand that the war is something to be proud of and that the decision itself to go to war is immaterial.

Which made me think, and increasingly, I am realizing that no one is really asking why we are there, what is our role there, how long are we going to be there, and how are we going to pull out. Nothing. How come there are no stickers with ‘Bring our troops back home’, or ‘Who will pay for the war’?

Stop this brainwashing - accept the blame, fix the problem and bring the troops back home with their families. Protect the country at home, not thousands of miles away.

Enough of liberation. Time for a reality check.