{"id":1996,"date":"2007-01-31T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-31T20:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/what-do-the-troops-think.html"},"modified":"2007-01-31T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-31T20:24:00","slug":"what-do-the-troops-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/what-do-the-troops-think.html","title":{"rendered":"What do the troops think?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American people are all up in arms about what is going on over there and want to end this war because we are  losing too many men (or so the MSM have told us that is what we want).  The Congress is ready to pass resolutions that make it clear that they don&#8217;t support the war.  But what do the troops think?  Well, here&#8217;s a video that answers that question:<object height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uyqk1LsCDBQ\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uyqk1LsCDBQ\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\"><\/object>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.megite.com\/video\/1170291092\/1#item_15\">via<\/a>)And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackfive.net\/main\/2007\/01\/sergeant_in_afg.html\">here&#8217;s a link<\/a> to a  letter from a Staff Sergeant in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/troops\" rel=\"tag\">troops<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/war\" rel=\"tag\">war<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/military\" rel=\"tag\">military<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Iraq\" rel=\"tag\">Iraq<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Afghanistan\" rel=\"tag\">Afghanistan<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American people are all up in arms about what is going on over there and want to end this war because we are losing too many men (or so the MSM have told us that is what we want). The Congress is ready to pass resolutions that make it clear that they don&#8217;t support&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":307,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-under-the-sun"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do the troops think? - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/what-do-the-troops-think.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do the troops think? - Reformed Chicks Blabbing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The American people are all up in arms about what is going on over there and want to end this war because we are losing too many men (or so the MSM have told us that is what we want). 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