Trump wants a war with Iran and I will not be able to support those troops.

[TeamPooka]

Not going along with that bullshit mantra this time.
I'll feel sorry for them, but I won't support them and what Trump does with them this way.
Fool me once.

[Glorfindel]

1. Don't support them. They're all volunteers, of course.

[helmedon1974]

7. We volunteer to serve our country, not for specific wars.

Trump said the same thing about the soldiers ambushed on an unauthorized mission in Niger. They knew what they signed up for. No, we don't sign up for that.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Any sane thinking General in the Armed Forces.......

Should tell Donald Trump "No sir. We are not going to send our best to die for your stupid war."

They would be Patriots in my eyes.

[Glorfindel]

3. Oh, please. Colonels, generals, admirals, and naval captains don't get promoted

unless there's a war. Patriots or not, none of them will say such a thing. They don't give a rat's ass about who dies. The only thing that matters is making rank.

[hack89]

4. War does not accelerate promotion

War or peace, people get promoted at the same rate.

[helmedon1974]

5. Some will, and as a Marine I've seen my CO, a Captain at the time

refuse an order. This was in the 90s though, when we hadn't been at war for 17 years.

[Kirk Lover]

6. I support the troops no matter what. This isn't their fault. nt

[cynatnite]

8. I will always support the troops and want them safe from illegal and immoral wars. n/t

[still_one]

9. Iran will still honor the nuclear deal with the other parties, and is in talks with Russia and China

to be part of it the Iran nuclear accords

There is a good likely hood that the US will lose any influence in Iran, and no longer are entitled to any input to any their nuclear program. They unilaterally walked away from it

It is now between Europe, Iran, and more st likely Russia and China

The US has made themselves irrelevant

[roamer65]

12. Exactly.

The Russians, Chinese and the EU will trade with Iran and ignore US sanctions.

The Chinese want Iranian oil and they now have all they want of it. Iran will start accepting payment in Euro, Yuan and Rubles. Good bye petrodollar.

[Xolodno]

16. That, and....

...where are our troops going to invade from? Looking at the nations around Iran, I don't see any of them welcoming us in for an invasion into Iran, and that includes Iraq and Afghanistan. We could stage forces in Iraq and then move across Syria, but that just sets up the battlefield in Syria.

[spartan61]

10. Trump is also being cheered on

by John Bolton. He has been hoping for a war for a long time and now it looks like he will get his wish. Of course Bolton has never been in the military. He could have dropped out of college during Viet Nam and joined. Then he could see what war is really like. It's not like playing Battleship. I'm so sick of trump and his disgusting administration!

[msongs]

11. iran will win. it is not Iraq. nt

[roamer65]

13. Within months, there will be Russian and Chinese forces in Iran.

Along with missiles and aircraft.

Iran is going to become a satellite of the Sino-Russian alliance.

If our troops set foot inside Iran, it will be World War 3.

[superpatriotman]

14. But the propaganda rolls off the tongues so easily

State sponsors...

Hezbolllah...

Instability...

Etc.

All bullshit workshopped in neocon think tanks

[MiniMe]

15. I don't think there will be boots on the ground in this one

It will be Nukes, because you know tRump and Bolton can't wait to use Nukes.

[RandomAccess]

17. What a terrible thing to say --

it's not like THEY decide where we go to war. They're innocent in the matter, and don't really have the ability to opt out.

Someone upthread says they're all volunteers -- yes, but their enlistment is for a period of years, a contract they can't get out of.

We made the grave mistake not to support our troops when we protested Vietnam, and it was a grievous error. Don't make that mistake again.

[TeamPooka]

18. Because what's another 17 years of war anyway

By not supporting them being deployed there I think it actually means I am supporting them in the best way possible and not using them Willy Milly for some neocons wet dream

[DonCoquixote]

19. I will not support the troops the way teump wants me to

because I know that will harm them more, I will make sure the VA gets them the benfitd they deserve for beign used as toys for big stupid boys,

[TeamPooka]

20. exactly

[90-percent]

21. support slaughtering the troops!

nn/t