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UltimateLazyPerson
2007-11-21 1:24:01 PM  
Defending us from?
 
Kyosuke
2007-11-21 1:26:59 PM  
No one who is defending us (or freedom, etc.) is in Iraq.

Sorry to burst your bubble.
 
5000_gallons_of_toothpaste
2007-11-21 1:32:49 PM  
I'd like to thank them for being over there fighting and dying in that senseless clusterfark so I don't have to.
 
SoothinglyDeranged
2007-11-21 1:32:59 PM  
I assume submitter means they are defending themselves and against a bunch of pissed of people that don't want them around.
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 1:38:53 PM  
Kyosuke: No one who is defending us (or freedom, etc.) is in Iraq.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Yes.SoothinglyDeranged:

I assume submitter means they are defending themselves and against a bunch of pissed of people that don't want them around.

Also yes.
 
bob_ross
2007-11-21 1:40:10 PM  
I'll be the farker with two legs
 
Fark It
2007-11-21 1:41:26 PM  
Protecting us from who? The Bush administration? Osama bin Laden?

/the only thing they are defending are a handful of multinational's bottom lines
 
xen0blue
2007-11-21 1:44:18 PM  
wow, you all are so patriotic.

go fark yourselves liberals

/soldier
 
UltimateLazyPerson
2007-11-21 1:48:35 PM  
xen0blue: wow, you all are so patriotic.

go fark yourselves liberals

/soldier


Patriotism does not replace truth.
 
bob_ross
2007-11-21 1:49:52 PM  
xen0blue: wow, you all are so patriotic.

go fark yourselves liberals

/soldier

From Wiki:
Broadly speaking, liberalism emphasizes individual rights and equality of opportunity. Different forms of liberalism may propose very different policies, but they are generally united by their support for a number of principles, including extensive freedom of thought and speech, limitations on the power of governments, the rule of law, the free exchange of ideas, a market or mixed economy, and a transparent system of government.[2] All liberals - as well as some adherents of other political ideologies - support the form of government known as liberal democracy, with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law.

WTF team are you on?
 
Complicit
2007-11-21 1:51:11 PM  
I'd prefer they come home and defend me from the politicians.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 1:51:18 PM  
Well. Instead of sending them my thanks, maybe I should just send them the link to this thread with the title "Fark Supports the Troops!"
 
Undertow101
2007-11-21 1:54:56 PM  
SquirrelsOfDoom: Well. Instead of sending them my thanks, maybe I should just send them the link to this thread with the title "Fark Supports the Troops!"

I think Fark generally supports the troops, just not this headline.
 
5000_gallons_of_toothpaste
2007-11-21 1:56:19 PM  
SquirrelsOfDoom: Well. Instead of sending them my thanks, maybe I should just send them the link to this thread with the title "Fark Supports the Troops!"

I'd rather send them plane tickets so they can get home in one piece.
 
Fark It
2007-11-21 1:57:22 PM  
SquirrelsOfDoom

Well. Instead of sending them my thanks, maybe I should just send them the link to this thread with the title "Fark Supports the Troops!"

A loaded BS political headline deserves snark and ridicule.
 
clanque
2007-11-21 1:59:16 PM  
Those of us who were (and still are) in Afghanistan get no love.
 
Mr. Three
2007-11-21 2:01:33 PM  
Spending $7.5 million dollars per hour, I'll bet they get nicer food than I do.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 2:03:53 PM  
Undertow101: I think Fark generally supports the troops, just not this headline.

I'm sure any troops reading this will understand and appreciate that distinction.

"We support you. Not so much your blind obedience to Dear Leader's failed political agenda, and we sneer at your stupidity in putting your lives on the line. But we support you!"
 
Fark It
2007-11-21 2:07:05 PM  
SquirrelsOfDoom

Undertow101: I think Fark generally supports the troops, just not this headline.

I'm sure any troops reading this will understand and appreciate that distinction.

"We support you. Not so much your blind obedience to Dear Leader's failed political agenda, and we sneer at your stupidity in putting your lives on the line. But we support you!"

If the snark from a TF thread is enough to upset some soldiers then they're a bunch of pussies.
 
Bill_Wick's_Friend
2007-11-21 2:08:00 PM  
clanque: Those of us who were (and still are) in Afghanistan get no love.

I'm sending Christmas wishes (keep up the good work, hope you can come home soon and safe!) and silly toys to random Canadian soldiers in the 'Stan this year, same as I did last year and the year before.

http://www.cfpsa.com/en/psp/amenities/OpSanta/santa.asp
 
Complicit
2007-11-21 2:09:34 PM  
SquirrelsOfDoom: Not so much your blind obedience to Dear Leader's failed political agenda, and we sneer at your stupidity in putting your lives on the line. But we support you!

While some of the comments in here have ceratinly been snarky, I have seen no one make this claim. You're making an assumption with a blind leap in logic.
 
Complicit
2007-11-21 2:10:10 PM  
clanque: Those of us who were (and still are) in Afghanistan get no love.

Best wishes to you, and thank you.
 
what_now
2007-11-21 2:10:22 PM  
I would love to send some cheer to soldiers fighting far from home on the holidays.

I would love even more, if I could buy them all a first class ticket home. I can't though, because about 1000 people in this country are making obscene profits on their sacrafice.
 
Bill_Wick's_Friend
2007-11-21 2:11:26 PM  
xen0blue: wow, you all are so patriotic.

go fark yourselves liberals

/soldier

Would you prefer untrue platitudes instead?

"Yay! Osama is on the run in Iraq! Good jorb! Everyone in America is so much safer now that Osama and Saddam's WMDs are destroyed by valiant American soldiers! Hooray! Hooray! That's eleventy billion dollars well spent! 9-11 is avenged!"

Feel better now?
 
Gumpus
2007-11-21 2:11:47 PM  
5000_gallons_of_toothpaste: I'd like to thank them for being over there fighting and dying in that senseless clusterfark so I don't have to.


THIS
 
what_now
2007-11-21 2:13:03 PM  
xen0blue
wow, you all are so patriotic.

go fark yourselves liberals

I'm so patriotic that I think invading a country for no apparent reason, spending trillions of dollars and thousands of lives, and then convincing a bunch of brain dead, fast food filled, morons that it's to keep Mooslims from blowing up their walmarts should be punishable by firing squad.

But what do I know. I'm just a liberal.
 
Two Dogs Farking [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 3:18:22 PM  
Mr. Three: Spending $7.5 million dollars per hour, I'll bet they get nicer food than I do.

I'll bet Dubya will be along with the plastic turkey prop forthwith.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 3:25:37 PM  
Fark It: A loaded BS political headline deserves snark and ridicule.

Also a greenlight, apparently.

Ah, well. Maybe a few folks will send some nice messages to the troops without exposing themselves to this bunch of self-absorbed screechy Internet liberals.
 
Beatle_Matt
2007-11-21 3:38:46 PM  
I think they're only over there trying to defend themselves.

Good luck with that. Seriously.

Come back safe.

/not their fault their fighting for nothing.
 
cmunic8r99
2007-11-21 3:40:07 PM  
UltimateLazyPerson: Patriotism does not replace truth.

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Saborlas [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 3:40:47 PM  
Anyone who expects a feel-good thread on Fark is lost in cyberspace. This isn't exactly Group Hug Central. We're utter bastards, especially when we can make it into a joke. Doesn't have to be a particularly funny joke, either.
 
Nabb1
2007-11-21 3:43:49 PM  
Oh, good, a green lit link of an otherwise noble gesture turned into a poo-flinging match because people have a political axe to grind. Well, Happy farking Thanksgiving, everybody!
 
Raiden333
2007-11-21 4:16:04 PM  
I get the feeling that subby was intentionally trying to start a flame war by using the "defend us" phrasing.

Well, mission accomplished.

/so to speak.
 
coordman
2007-11-21 4:23:16 PM  
This thread, up to this point, (with very few exceptions) is an embarassment. The apathy shown toward the uniformed soldiers of this country, especially by it's own citizens, is disgraceful at best.

This isn't a political thread asshats, it's an attempt at wishing well those of us who are not fortunate enough to be home with family. It's heartbreaking to think that these men and and women, who put their lives on the line every day to protect your liberties, are then bashed with the use of said liberties. The fact that they are over there, doing their respective jobs does NOT reflect their faith or allignment with the policies of the current administration.

Have some f***ing respect.

That said, thank you soldiers for doing the job that others are unable (or unwilling) to do. I offer my gratitude and a hope that we may all see you home soon. Happy Thanksgiving and even if you don't celebrate said holiday, may the rest of your tour be safe and peaceful. Keep your head down. Stay safe. Hooah.
 
timujin
2007-11-21 4:23:48 PM  
Nabb1: Oh, good, a green lit link of an otherwise noble gesture turned into a poo-flinging match because people have a political axe to grind. Well, Happy farking Thanksgiving, everybody!

A "noble gesture" would have been to simply write, "Send a word of think to the American troops who won't be home tomorrow and the families of those who will never be home again."

What the submitter did, though, was start a flame war with "because they're defending us in Iraq", one that was as predictable as the results of dropping a match on a southern California hillside. He either did it on purpose or he's a moron for not seeing it coming.
 
timujin
2007-11-21 4:26:45 PM  
coordman: The fact that they are over there, doing their respective jobs

The headline wasn't asking folks to thank them for "doing their jobs", that is something I thank every soldier for the last 230 some years for. And people here aren't saying "those soldiers over there suck / are stupid / are evil". What people are saying is that the headline is a gross misstatement of the situation.
 
coordman
2007-11-21 4:32:01 PM  
timujin: coordman: The fact that they are over there, doing their respective jobs

The headline wasn't asking folks to thank them for "doing their jobs", that is something I thank every soldier for the last 230 some years for. And people here aren't saying "those soldiers over there suck / are stupid / are evil". What people are saying is that the headline is a gross misstatement of the situation.

And what I'm saying is that it shouldn't matter. Just because subby tipped his hand with his wording doesn't mean we can't pull ourselves above it. There are plenty of farkers over there that will see this thread when it hits the main page. Wouldn't it have been nice if everyone could have left their political affiliations at the fecking door? Shiat like this is what is going to kill this country.

/Partisanism, not terrorism is the poison that will kill America
 
LukeA
2007-11-21 4:32:14 PM  
I said my piece on Veterans' Day.
 
Nestea Plunge
2007-11-21 4:32:26 PM  
Serious misallocation of valuable military resources.
 
TheLopper
2007-11-21 4:32:36 PM  
I hope they all make it home safe.

/librul
 
steklo [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 4:32:57 PM  
As a vet myself, I would like to thank all the armed service members.
 
give me doughnuts [OhFark]
2007-11-21 4:32:59 PM  
Thank you for volunteering to become a member of the military.
I'm just terribly sorry your sweat and blood are being wasted like this.
You should be home.
 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 4:34:05 PM  
submitter: Send a word of thanks to American troops who won't be home tomorrow because they're defending us in Iraq

I'll go up to a dude, punch him in the face and when he hits me back, I can say I was defending myself then?

/best way to support the troops is to use them wisely
//hope they stay safe
 
Valdes
2007-11-21 4:34:12 PM  
Send a word of thanks to American troops who won't be home tomorrow because they're defending us in Iraq busy shooting god-fearing self-delusional ragheads.
 
BlorfMaster
2007-11-21 4:34:12 PM  
What about that guy keeping the 7-11 open for when I need a pack of smokes tomorrow. He's not home either.
 
dimdem
2007-11-21 4:34:21 PM  
I'm thankful that the troops are willing to risk their lives to defend our freedom. If that isn't how they get used, it isn't their fault.
 
oceans in motion
2007-11-21 4:35:02 PM  
im curious. what freedoms are they defending? exactly how was iraq a threat to my right of freedom of speech, my right to bear arms? if anything, the war in iraq is taking away my freedom of speech and the right to bear arms. so, fark the war and ALL who support it.
 
cameroncrazy1984 [TotalFark]
2007-11-21 4:35:19 PM  
coordman: protect your liberties

What liberties, pray tell, are they protecting for us in Iraq?
 
ToxicMunkee
2007-11-21 4:37:09 PM  
THANKS!!!!!
 
TellarHK
2007-11-21 4:37:53 PM  
Send a word of thanks to American troops who won't be home tomorrow because they're defending us in Iraq fighting to make the best of a bad presidential decision.

FTFY, subby.
 
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