"Support Our troops"- Yellow ribbon

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Has there been a sudden resurgence in the use of or display of the yellow ribbon as a sign of support or hope for our troops?

Been seeing a lot of them displayed on the back of cars lately.

It seems like they sprang up practically overnight.
Two weeks ago I think I saw one or two. Now I see them everywhere
(today, I saw at least 3 within 10 minutes).



The ones I've been seeing are about 6"-8" long.

(I know the significance goes back to the Iranian hostage crisis).

[Quetzal]

1. They are on many cars in my community

Maui, Hawaii.

I have one on my car - except I have a bumpersticker right next to it that says "Bring Our Troops Home"

[silverlib]

2. There are a lot of them

in Austin. There's another one that says "Pray for Our Troops." I'd like to get one of those and put a big X over the 'our' and write 'all,' but I don't know where to buy them.

[DrWeird]

3. I think it's a Bush supporter thing, mostly.

Support the troops, vote for the guy who's killing them.

[ClintonTyree]

4. And some good "American Patriot".............

is making thousands upon thousands of dollars selling these to poor schmucks.

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6. I'm not 100% certain if it's a Bush thing or not.

I live in the Boston area so it doesn't seem likely that the people who are displaying them are Repubs (especially given the number of them I've been seeing).

FWIW, I haven't noticed any other stickers that would give a clue as to the drivers political beliefs (not that there weren't any other stickers, I just didn't notice any).

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5. Seeing a few here too

Saw one on a hummer a couple of days ago. Looked at the driver and just shook my head at him. They're oblivious.

I was thinking about putting a proportionally sized one next to my Kerry/Edwards sticker.

[bloodyjack]

7. quite often...a nice enough sentiment I guess...

but in this context I think "supporting our troops" might just be tantamount to supporting their engagement

so I don't like it