Ustwo, it is fully possible to support troops without supporting the fighting of a war. I think Saddam being ousted will ultimately be a wonderful thing, but I think the pretenses for this war was the biggest pile of crap seen in a long time. It's not as black and white as you would have it be. You do realize that as we speak, some soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan lack the basic armor they should have to fight this "war," right? You know, the soldiers raiding junkyards to put metal on the sides of vehicles and asking Rumsfield where the resources they should have were while he sidestepped the questions?
As for rationing, what kind of horrible planning would it take that we would actually reach that point? We are arguably the most powerful nation on the entire planet. We are stretched all over the world. Could we not pull back resources from some of our other bases and pour them into Iraq to actually try and finish this fight? Maybe I'm wrong on this, but I think they're all valid questions.
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