Why is it that I see all of these fucking ribbons saying, "Support Our Troops"? To me, and being a person within the Armed Forces, I think its such a fake and inexpensive way to show this "patriotism" that the citizens of this country have.
I get discusted at seeing all these ribbons because its not like buying a fucking magnet on the back of your car is going to fund the armor for the vehicles we use or IBAs our troops wear while in war.
We're doing our job and we knew what we were signing up for. We all know that theres ALWAYS a chance of us getting deployed to the Middle East, Korea, Germany, or somewhere else thousands of miles away from our families.
Since we all knew what we were signing up for, why dont we have ribbons saying, "Support our Police Force" or "Support our Lawyers" or even "Support our Janitors"?
Again, its a inexpensive way to show "support" to our troops.
Word of advice. DONT show pity for our troops. Send them CARE PACKAGES that cost 20 bucks to send to the sandbox with the simple pleasures in life like Runts, Gum, Powdered Tea mix, CD's, Magazines, and other non-parishable items. I mean I know that spending 40 bucks on one of your troops who is fighting for you (which ever reason YOU may think, whether good or bad) sounds like alot of fucking money out of YOUR poor fucking broke ass pocket, but their life, is worth a HELL of alot more than your life considering they are part of the United States Government.
Yes, you may think, "Well I am too because I live in this country" but guess what! YOU DIDNT SIGN A FUCKING CONTRACT GIVING YOUR LIFE AWAY ALONG WITH SOME OF THE SIMPLE RIGHTS YOU HAVE TO THE GOVERNMENT!
I hate fake patriotism which in turn shows me how many fake people are out there in the world...
I guess that concludes my rant for the morning.
