It is impossible to support the troops and not support their mission.

That's like saying, I think you are basically a good person but you are such a sap for defending my home and way of life. Gee thanks Cher !!!

Cher's insightful and unique opinion is nothing more than the standard "I Hate Bush" crowd's mantra of hate. But I guess when you're 60 and trying to be 17 you have to kiss butt so your peers won't call you the loser you obviously are.

The Army cut other year of execution programs to insure these helmets reach our Soldiers.

As a bit of trivia, when they went to the new helmets, the army did a study that said they would only stock certain sizes of helmets (covering roughly 95% of the people joining up). They would have custom helmets made for those who fell outside of the "normal range". The idea was that it would be cheaper to get custom helmets made to order than to stock the range of sizes for the very large or very small head. That can certainly make sense to me from a bean counter sort of way, but it raises the question about field replacements for damaged or lost helmets. But lets assume for a second it really makes the most sense. What would liners do to this stocking plan?

The Chimpy McHitler crowd drowns out rational voices of dissent and creates a hostile environment for mature debate.

Even using words like "pigheadedness" and talking about Bush "manipulating" his detractors lowers the debate near name calling level.

Cher should be commended for her efforts without dragging in the other baggage.

ndeed Cher has made some strong anti-Bush/anti-war statements in the past, but she is showing actual support for the troops,

Nobody with a brain has ever claimed that criticism of Bush have anything to do with the troops.

Bush is an unwise, misinformed, irrational politician who is responsible for making terribly reckless foregin policy decisions.

The troops are simply the folks who find themselves having to complete a particular job.

Cher's position shouldn't be considered surprising--it is basically consistent and rational.

It is only surprising to the misinformed people who don't comprehend that there is a fundamental distinction between the Commander in Chief and the people who are required to follow his imperatives.

The whole false positioning equating criticism of Bush's pgheadedness with criticsim of the troops has been insultingly manipulated by Bush and his supporters to avoid a rational discussion of his foreign policy.

I seem to recall that Robin Williams has been to Iraq and Afghanistan with the USO. It's only fair to recognize anti-war celebrities who pay more than mere lip service to "supporting the troops." Well, kudos to Cher.
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