Don't Tie Troops Hands

Support our troops. Surge results are visible. More from Bill Roggio and Blackfive.

Give them the means to do their jobs to protect us. From the leaders of the VFW and the American Legion. WSJ:

Our troops operate in a world of ideals known as service, commitment and sacrifice. They don't do politics, but they do know when they are being abandoned, such as when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) said he would introduce legislation to provide funding for certain aspects of the war, but not for combat operations.

Not funding direct combat operations is the same as having your hands tied in a knife fight. And while some may regard the rhetoric as normal political-speak, our troops are taking it personally, because they know that not being allowed to take the fight directly to the enemy is exactly what happened in Korea and Vietnam. They don't want to repeat history.[snip]

There are finally signs of hope and progress in Iraq, and it's all because of new leadership with a new plan of action. But it's a plan that is totally dependent on a funding package for the proper training, equipping and fielding of our forces. With it, the surge has a chance of succeeding; without it, the surge is doomed to failure, and it will be the common soldier and his or her family who will pay the price.

And support our chaplains.

Don't tie our troops hands. Don't undermine sanctions against those who are engaging in hostile acts against our troops.

All of us in America should at least have the guts to stand at their backs.