“our” troops

Unless Americans are being conceited, this statement of “our troops” is a global thing – and I follow Eminem’s words of “Stomp, push up, mush, **** Bush until they bring our troops home.” as a nation wide statement.

Any voting “No” I would like an explanation as to why you feel such.

Eminem has a right to say “our troops” because his country has troops over there. I think if your country has troops over there, you have a right to say “bring our troops home.” If not, you have a right to say “bring YOUR troops home.”

And I also think this is a silly argument. 😉

You could make that argument, but it’s pretty flimsy. Seriously, Canada can’t say bring “our” troops back. Spain could (and did!).

You could say that “we” (the global community) should support peace in the region. You could say that the global community should exert influence over countries that act unilaterally. But you really can’t say bring “our” troops home when they aren’t “your troops.”

Granted, if someone had a family member serving in the armed forces for another country and they were in Iraq, you could say “bring MY family member home,” but the troops still aren’t “yours” to command.

Here are the countries that can rightfully say “bring our troops home:”

I think that means they really don’t support the war, but that they are willing to whore out their meager army to win the favor of the United States. The U.S. gets to say that “there is an alliance of 32 countries” in Iraq. Of course, in reality, there are very few countries with more than a token presence.

The numbers tell a different story, as you noted, but even more important is what is implied by the absence of so many major world powers.