THANK THE TROOPS? HOW ABOUT APOLOGIZING INSTEAD?

http://fff.org/2012/12/03/thank-the-troops-how-about-apologizing-instead/

Sometimes I wonder whether the profuse thanks that many Americans shower on the troops shouldn’t instead be an apology. After all, I think it’s a fair assumption that those who do the thanking were not among those who opposed the U.S. government’s invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, as libertarians did. Instead, my bet is that most of the thankers were among the most ardent supporters of those military actions.

The discomforting truth is that U.S. soldiers killed, died, maimed, and destroyed in Iraq for nothing. Wouldn’t it be more appropriate for Americans to apologize to the troops than to thank them for their service?

GTadds:

And apologize to the people of Iraq and all the other places we have invaded without justification.