What does it mean to support someone? Let's say I support my friend in his endeavor to make the Olympic team. That means, first off, that I think he's capable of succeeding, and I tell him so. I help him out when I can, and continue sending him my support in the form of encouragement and help push him to his goal. If I told him that he should try his best, but I don't think he can make it, that is not supporting him. If anything, that is undercutting him, and just not very nice.

That's why it ticks me off so much when someone like Senator Murtha spends 20 minutes on TV explaining why our troops in Iraq don't have a chance in hell of succeeding in their mission, but he supports them. No, that's a straight out lie!!! You can't tell someone they are going to fail, and then say you support them, it doesn't work that way.