Support the Troops - But Not the Mission???

This weekend (the 4th anniversary of the war) saw several demonstrations against the war in Iraq. Amazingly, many of those participating in these events express support for our troops. Does that make sense?

None at all.

Any action that might embolden our enemies while our troops are in harms way cannot logically be portrayed as “support” for the troops. Clearly, the opposite is true. Such actions support our enemies and endanger our troops as well as endangering the mission they are tasked with accomplishing.

Why should terrorists not be emboldened when they can see our resolve crumbling? When they can see that our citizens have no will to win? When they can see that we are ready to chalk up the sacrifices of thousands?

The demonstrations were very small. About 3,000 in San Francisco where one might expect tens or hundreds of thousands to attend. New York gathered about 1,000 if you include the professional demonstrators like Rev. Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition and others. Even the Washington DC demonstration was small. The purpose of a demonstration is to show through numbers the resolve of the people. The numbers involved in these demonstrations clearly show that the demonstrators do not have the backing of the people. Yet the media made the typical left wing circus out of it, playing it up for much more than it was worth. The result was two fold:

1. Our troops got to see an inflated version of these demonstrations showing a lack of support for them and their mission.

2. The enemy that is trying to kill our troops saw a grossly inflated version of how little support our troops have for their mission.

I wonder what those demonstrators will do when the terrorists they are now supporting (whether by design or out of ignorance) have the chance to renew their attacks on U.S. soil? Who will they call on then for help? Who will they call on to wreak revenge for them? Who will they call on to go after the perpetrators?

Will they again promise to support the troops and their mission?

Why should our troops listen . . . . . ever?