Adopt a Sniper

Evidentally the College Republicans at Marquette University are under fire for publicly supporting the Adopt a Sniper program. Says the Director of University Communication at Marquette:

Marquette University strongly supports and honors the men and women of our Armed Forces and has sponsored many activities to support our troops.

Now Adopt-a-Sniper is a program that purchases range finders, body armor, load bearing equipment, weapons components, and personal items for members of the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is fundamentally what "supporting the troops" is all about, giving them both moral and logistical support. But someone might find that offensive so we have to shut it down.

How they hell do you get to say "we support our troops" after something like that? No sir you do not. You give them lipservice while men and women better than yourself fight and die in far off lands to defend this country. They give you their blood and tears and you give them nothing but words of sympathy and you mandate that others do likewise.

Now why did they shut down the CR fundraiser? Because some people were getting upset. Wouldn't it be nice for universities to get up off their collective asses and give college conservatives the same protections from Tyranny of the Majority that they would demand for, say, anti-war demonstrators?

Man I must be reading too much Kim du Toit because this is just giving me serious RCOB moment.