Support for the Troops

When the war with Afghanistan and Iraq started we were all about going in and finishing what we started, well that’s what this article “Support for the troops” from NYT is about. Majority of the Americans wanted in to the war, but are we keeping our promise to the troops? Are we supporting our troops overseas? David Brooks and Bob Herbert the authors for this article are simply answering this two questions, No. They say that we are not putting in the time for our troops. “There is no support for a draft, so that’s not going to be a serious part of the national conversation”. (Brooks and Herbert).
The way I would answer this question is by saying, we promised, but we did not know that the duration would be this long. We did not know right away that this war would cause so much trouble for us here at home. After a while, we see that there are a lot of expenses that are associated with this. We see that are opponents are not backing down either. So are we simply just tired of the war? Yes. After all these years of fighting, we just simply gave up. We are lacking support for the troops and their families. Majority of the audiences now are not taking this seriously, they are not participating in events or taking any actions towards the war. If we act a little different towards our troops and show a little more pride about this war and raise money for the war, we might just turn around and finish what we started.