Nobody supports the troops. Why? Because nobody gives a shit about anything. Now, if a gay man or a black woman was denied a seat on a bus one day, there would be a million-man march in the middle of Washington DC within a week. How is it that 65% of my country is vehemently opposed to this war, yet no more than 1000 people have EVER gathered in one place to demonstrate against it? How do we have so many hippy and prog. kids out there who are all too damn lazy to go EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS. Care packages are nice, but I'd rather you write a letter to your representative and tell him not to be a spineless wanker. The legislative branch has been voluntarily castrated. Anything they pass is being shot down in the executive arbitrarily, if it goes against the agenda. Checks and balances? What's that?!
If you want to help -at all-, maybe consider doing something that will actually make a difference. Our country has abandoned us. Supporting your troops isn't praying at night and sending them beef jerky. Supporting your troops is not sending them to die in an illegal war that is ruining our economy and currency power. One black man gets gunned down by cops? There's bound to be 10,000 angry 'activists' led by a major figure in the street the next DAY. Well, news flash. FOUR THOUSAND of your brothers and sisters are DEAD. We're here because we signed a contract and gave our word that we'd follow the orders of command. Whether we agree or not has no bearing. Understand all this before you shoot your mouth off, and realize that the only ones who can question the orders of our commanders are YOU. In the military, that's called insubordination. We rely on YOU to stand up for US. It's all very easy to blame the guys who are following the orders, but in the end, the blood is on YOUR hands. We worry about not getting shot, you worry about why we're being shot at.
(note: my opinions are my own and nobody elses END SOAPBOX)