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"Support our troops" is a political tactic designed to make those who do not support our military actions feel guilty, as if they're not supporting the men and women who execute those actions.
I can "support the troops" without agreeing with their position or deployment, so I've stopped taking it offensively. If they place more meaning in the phrase, then they're free to, but it holds as much water as "love thy neighbor" to me. There are two things in this world; words and actions. I'd prefer those saying "support the troops" did so with actions, rather than words.
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