I read Keith Brown’s letter concerning support of our troops (Voice of the people, June 14).
For a letter focusing on the logic of supporting troops while opposing the war, Brown uses a great deal of flawed logic himself. His analogy and supporting argument claim that if a person you care for makes a decision, you cannot both support and oppose that decision.
I’d agree, except this exposes the flaw behind anyone who claims that those who oppose the war in Iraq are not supporting our troops.
The fact is that our troops did not make the decision to invade, liberate and occupy Iraq. The decision was made by President Bush, who was entrusted with this authority concerning our troops.
Brown’s analogy really doesn’t apply at all here.
I’ve got a much better family analogy: A husband and wife go out to dinner and leave their children in the care of a sitter. After the main course, the mom calls home to check with the sitter and is informed that the children are out playing in the street.
The mother, rightfully so, screams into the phone to get the children out of the street; they never should have been there in the first place.
Brown obviously feels these parents do not support their children.
I think he’s wrong, as well as anyone else who fails to see there are times when someone you support has been placed in a bad position by someone else.
I spent 12 years in the military.
I support our troops with all my heart.
I just think we need to get them out of the street and find a new sitter.
