@Denuseri I will take your word for your disdain of both parties. Your post does not hint at that at all.

The US has been a limited Socialist state for over 70 years now. Medicare, social security, more recently medicaid and job assistance.

My sarcasm was triggered by the undermine the morale statement. It irks me to no end to see someone talk about supporting the troops and not the war as being a real detriment to them. Isn't that they are supposedly over there fighting for? The right of every American to be able to be against something, justified or not and be able to express that.

I support our troops and thank them for their service and except those serving in Afghanistan who have been left hung out to dry by an inept administration trying to fight a real enemy, I support them coming home and getting out of harms way. Now relistically they can not get just get up and leave. That is almost as irresponsible as sending them there in the first place.