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Supporting our troops.(Letters To The Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
I thoroughly disagree with your position on supporting our troops, now that they're there and committed in Iraq, for the following reasons:
* It runs completely counter to the mindlessness you're trying to overcome via education, information and dispersal of the truth.
* Patriotism has nothing to do with supporting troops aggressively placed in a foreign nation under lying and false pretenses--nor for having troops in over 100 other nations.
* Supporting our troops because they're already committed says it's alright for them to continue killing, incarcerating and torturing--and becoming part of a UN blue-helmeted force.
In short, you defeat the very purpose of your existence by your inconsistency, an inconsistency that becomes quite glaring in the face of your usual exposition of government excesses.
No one's children or grandchildren should be so mindlessly "patriotic" as to ...
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