Seen on a car, on the way to the Cleveland Obama rally:

[HughBeaumont]

"My kid fought in Iraq so your kid could party at college"

I . . . well, uh . . . yeah, I guess someone needs to explain to me how THAT makes sense. I wasn't aware that defending the Constitution somehow has any effect or connection whatsoever to the social activities of undergrads.

Someone probably needs to tell said father that his kid fought in Iraq so that pasty fat bastards who run Halliburton, Bechtol, Blackwater and KBR can buy luxury items. I mean, it's certainly not to defend America. Last I checked, Al Qaeda or Iraq don't exactly have a massive Air Force or Navy. Call me crazy, but I think the odds of ANY of the people we call "our enemy" somehow takin' over Uhmerica and destroying the National Archive are a TAD slim. JUST a hunch.

Not even ironic, as they also had a "Veterans for McCain" . . . which also doesn't make an ounce of sense; since, again, in reality, McCain has one of the worst voting records on veteran's issues.

Oh, yeah, all of these stickers were on a blue Suburban.

Again, are Reaganite Republicans dot-connection challenged?

[Muttocracy]

1. only countries that invade Iraq get to have college parties. nt

[madeline_con]

2. Wow. n/t

[Sukie]

3. My son fought in Iraq and

he has both an Obama for president and a Vote Democrat sticker on his car. He does not have an Iraqi vet sticker.........yet. I bought him one today and will give it to him tomorrow. Count us as a "Veteran family for Obama", since my husband is retired army and fought in the first Iraq war. There are many more of us out here.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Oh no doubt.

There were tons at the rally. Veterans for Obama signs were everywhere.

My friend did a tour in Iraq. He was in the Marine Reserve battallion from Brookpark that lost 21 men in a period of 72 hours. He says he still has wing-dings asking him why he wouldn't back a "fellow vet" in this election.

:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[Caliman73]

4. I wouldn't even give that bumper sticker any status

You say:

"I . . . well, uh . . . yeah, I guess someone needs to explain to me how THAT makes sense. I wasn't aware that defending the Constitution somehow has any effect or connection whatsoever to the social activities of undergrads."

As much as I admire anyone who would volunteer to serve in our armed forces, I have to disagree that fighting in Iraq has anything to do with defending the Constitution. The armed forces go where they are ordered to go. They have to follow orders or people die. That is what the military lives on. They may be making a difference in the lives of Iraqis as well, but they are not defending the United States or our Constitution.

I would say that the soldiers who fought in WWII had a hand in defending the American way of life including studying or partying in college. I would even say that those who were in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden were doing so to defeat a terrorist organization that threatened us. Iraq however, is not being fought to make or keep America safe.

In that I totally agree and support your statement. It is easier for a parent to hear that their child may be sacrificed for freedom or liberty, than to hear that they are being used to promote policies which if explained truthfully, would go against what we stand for.

[HughBeaumont]

9. Oh, and it doesn't.

Part of the military oath, when a recruit is inducted, would be to "defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;" I'm just saying that's what the vet's son really signed up for, yet is doing something else entirely.

The sticker implies that Iraq has some noble and great cause in the fight for "Our Freedoms" (uh, what "freedoms"? The corporations own this country and our asses) and it's simply not true. It's a tax drain and a soldier morgue and it needs to stop at once before this country and our military is bankrupted.

Agreed, the Iraq occupation has absolutely nothing to do with any the conditions laid out in that oath. More than a few military personnel will attest to that. Iraq was merely declared an enemy under the Bewsh Doctrine, giving us carte blanche to finally destroy their country.

[spanone]

6. i guess you just have to spin an illegal war

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Thanks george for dividing this Country! That is your "legacy" you twit!

[Sewsojm]

8. If they in fact have a kid he or she probabaly isn't in the military,

republiCons lie about everything!!

[ColbertWatcher]

10. How about this as an answer ...

... "My kid went to college to protect the Veterans' Benefits the GOP stole from your kid"

[Oregone]

11. "I wasn't aware that defending the Constitution"......

What does fighting in Iraq have anything to do with defending the Constitution? :)

Don't cede anything to these fuckers. It is the kid in college who is more likely to do that which affects the constitution. The people overseas are just performing a job; normally they act as the hand for corrupt body of elite who use them for nefarious means.

[tjwash]

12. Yes. I remember well that convoy of 12 Iraqi aircraft carriers and PT boats right of our coast

:eyes:

[Brooklyns_Finest]

13. Iraq

I fought in Iraq and then came home to party in college. That is life as a young reservist!

[Berry Cool]

14. I'd also like to see the day return when we don't have two groups of young people:

the wealthy, who can afford to go to college, and the un-wealthy, who can't afford to go and feel they have no option but to join the military, and end up feeling that the "rich kids" are enjoying college while they do the suffering and dying.

In America as it should be, military service would be a choice for everyone, not just a desperate option for the hard up.

[Lex]

15. LOL --- reminds me of frat party boy George W. Bush.

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