Letters to the Editor
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"it's no time for politics"
Therefore, supporting the war is not politics but not supporting the war is politics.
And supporting the war is supporting the troops.
That these tropes play at all is astounding. Even after Pearl Harbor, where a sovereign nation attacked (not some amorphous entity called the enemy) there was political process that declared war on Japan and then Hitler. Starting a war against a sovereign state in no way a tangible threat is the ultimate political act. It is no time for politics? STFU.
Whether we engage in wars, whether we start wars, in general a nation’s war policy is not based on supporting the troops and should never be. Troops should always have a nations support, but that does not mean war policy should be based on that. In other words, should we invade Iran in order to support the troops? How about invading Pakistan? Is invading Pakistan more supporting the troops then invading Iran? When Japan attacked us, did we declare war on Japan in order to support the troops? It's just so fukkin stupid it boggles.
When a nation engages in war, it is sacrificing troops not supporting them and so through political process should be pretty goddamn sure it's war policy is justified.