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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
I used to see the phrase used quite a lot, mostly on Fox News and other American shows. I'm wondering how much this phrase is still used in America. Being from the UK we don't get it as much.
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It is used a lot here in the US, but I think most people implicitly accept the idea that 'support the troops' <> 'support the war.' It is probably a backlash to the Vietnam war era, when many people considered that 'support the troops' = 'support the war' (which, ironically, made even less sense then with the majority of combat infantrymen being conscripts).
Overall, it has been a remarkable transformation.
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