"SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! LET THEM WIN!"

[ThatsMyBarack]

I saw this on a wingnut protester's sign last week (in a photo). Win what? Seems every soldier fighting this LOSING war LOSES a limb, sight, life, etc. :shrug:

[Old and In the Way]

1. The longer we stay, the more we lose.

There is no "winning". All we can decide is the magnitude of our losses.

[Lost-in-FL]

2. obviously

this person only care about his nationalistic pride. He is the kind that when he talks about war "deaths" is perfectly ok because "the enemy is bad and we are good, and good people die in war". Betcha his kids aren't fighting...

[ThatsMyBarack]

6. I remember that the guy in that photo....

....looked healthy and of enlistment age himself.

[Lost-in-FL]

7. Of course...

I think I saw the photo. A head banded nazi looking guy with one of those black "look I am tough" biker t-shirts.

[DefenseLawyer]

3. It's the old Rambo rationalization of Vietnam

We didn't lose in Vietnam, the libruls and the media wouldn't let us win.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Yup - they are laying the groundwork for the mythology of defeat.

Too bad there are not a passel of MIAs to elevate symbolically up a flagpole as well. This is an old rightwing trick, but it works every time to keep their base believing and to rally their troops for the next political battle.

[PurpleChez]

4. I forget if I thought of the term "war fetishist" on my own

or if I stole it from someone else. These people simply enjoy war. I think to them it means a strong America on the march, not takin' no shit from nobody. Bush could declare war on Prince Edward Island this afternoon and they'd be frickin' overjoyed. I actually don't think that it's about killin' ay-rabs or anything like that, so much as it's about the Glorious Might of America. It's the only way they know of to feel strong.

[90-percent]

8. Support Our Troops

Nuke Iraq into a sea of glass.

-85% Jimmy

[90-percent]

10. Support Our Troops

Give them $50 when ever they bring back a severed Iraqi head.

-85% Jimmy

[DeeDeeNY]

9. The wingnuts are either incapable or unwilling to think

Their minds are closed shut.
Your question is exactly right -- win what?

[Poiuyt]

11. "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! LET THEM LIVE!"

[HughBeaumont]

12. Funny how that happens . . .

The slogan on MY sign on January 27th read:

TELL US, Dear Leader: WHAT does "WINNING" MEAN?

[PurpleChez]

13. I'm wracking my brain trying to remember

where your signature line comes from. I know I've heard it a hundred times. It's not John Goodman in "Matinee," is it?

[HughBeaumont]

14. DING DING DING DING DING DING DING!!!!1!!1!11!!!

One of the most underrated movies of all time. LOVE that film. Since I'm into that era of gimmick cinema, that was the holy grail of sorts, plus the story was great. I had to get that DVD from an independent vendor.

[HappyWeasel]

15. Does this mean?

Winning means Iraq become a 51st state? lol!

[PurpleChez]

18. I love it too.

Terribly underrated. Goodman was perfect in that. It's cute and charming without being saccharine.

[TahitiNut]

16. It'd be more honest of them to depict a pair of crutches instead of a ribbon.

After all, a yellow ribbon is symbolic of 'coming home' not staying there and losing limbs.

[treestar]

17. The right sees this as no more than a sporting-like contest

They are sickening.