Posted by
Thacker Agency.com on Sunday, September 16, 2007 11:43:28 PM
We see polls all of the time that declare one candidate leading another candidate, or one point of view more popular than another point of view. Most of these polls seem meaningless to me other than giving the media something to talk about. One poll that I recently saw said that 55% of Americans wanted our troops home. There were no other qualifiers other than 'they wanted our troops home'. Obviously the pollsters (and the media) were trying to point out that a majority of Americans disapprove of the war that our troops are fighting and we should bring them home at all costs. However that is not how the poll read.
I am one who supports the war effort and appreciates every last one of our brave men and women who choose to fight for my freedom every day. We can never do enough to thank them because each and every one of them choose to put their lives on the line as a duty for their country. But even supporters of the war want every single one of these fine Americans to come home safe and sound. Every American mourns the loss of every soldier on the field of battle. I wish there was something more that I could do as an American to protect each soldier from harm.
However I know that there is a job that needs to be done. Once that job is done, all the troops can come home to ticker tape parades and the gratitude of everyone in America. Once our enemies decide that it is better for them to stop fighting than continue to lose the war of attrition because our military can not be defeated, then we can come home victorious. If America leaves the theater of battle before the job is done, the fight will be much more difficult for those future brave soldiers who choose honor and duty for country over some desk job back home.
The soldiers know that we are winning. The soldiers want the politicians in Congress to know that we are winning. Are soldiers dying? Yes they are. Is that a horrible fact of war for a warrior's chosen profession? Yes it is. But the fact that the enemy is still firing back at us means that there is work left to do. Our soldiers are still in Germany and Japan, but we are not getting fired upon. We left those wars victorious as we will do in the middle east. Our soldiers are up to the task. Our tax dollars are supposed to go to support America's finest in the theater of war. Our battles are supposed to be fought to be won. 100% of our troops should come home safe and sound to their mothers, fathers, wives, husbands, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and neighbors. We all want all of our troops home. But we all, especially our troops, know that there is a job to do. And as long as that job remains undone, our military is more than up to the task to do it.
America is a great country in no small part because of our military. The world is a safe place in no small part to the American military. America is not without its faults, but the world is a much better and safer place with America playing an active role in global politics. The world is a better place with a strong and united America behind its armed forces. All of our troops will come home when the job is completed - until another job needs to be done and our military men and women will be eager to take up that task again for duty, for honor. God bless America and please keep all of our troops safe from those that wish to harm them. Let them know that 100% of Americans want 100% of them home safe and sound victorious.