Support the troops - listen to country?

For some reason there seems to be a belief among conservatives that they are the only American who "support the troops". I assume this is based on the belief that by-in-large conservatives supported the war in Iraq while liberals tended to make up the bulk of those who opposed the war. Unfortunately for those in the "support the troops" elite, there is almost no correlation between supporting a war and supporting the American men and women sent to fight that war.

Beyond that I fail to understand the need to politicize the lives of our men and women who serve this country but a recent song by country singer Brad Paisley contains a phrase that I think epitomizes the ignorance of this line of thinking.

"if there’s anyone that still has pride
In the memory of those
That died defending
The ol’ red, white and blue,
This is country music,
And we do."

If you want to think you hold the lives of our service men and women in higher regard than some know nothing liberal blogger, I think that is great - inaccurate and completely impossible to prove - but great. Perhaps I need to be more like my conservative brethren and start booing American servicemen for being gay to show my support.

Where I really take issue with this line of thinking is when you decide that some arbitrary group of people, of which you happen to belong, somehow holds the patent on pride for our fallen soldiers.

I highly doubt that "country music" puts a higher value on the lives of those who died for this country than the mothers and fathers or brothers and sisters or grandparents or aunts and uncles or cousins or friends of American G.I.'s.

Maybe Brad Paisley fits into one of these categories but "country music" most certainly does not and this claim is either arrogant or ignorant but above all else it is completely and utterly insulting and un-American.