Support our troops

The slogan is sometimes seen as overgeneralizing complex issues; for example, an individual may support personnel in the military but not the current respective government's foreign policy.

CANEX in partnership with ServiceOntario created Ontario vanity licence plates featuring the Yellow Ribbon, the Support Our Troops logo.

[citation needed] Many positions in the House of Commons do not allow employees to dress outside of uniform, but allow staff to wear a red ribbon as a compromise.

A yellow ribbon is a symbol with various meanings, mostly associated with those waiting for the return of a loved one or of military troops who are temporarily unable to come home.

[5] Political analyst Noam Chomsky has criticized the slogan as a form of media manipulation, saying, Others have shown how the phrase can be used as a motte-and-bailey fallacy, when an arguer starts with pro-war claims but, when challenged on the details, retreats to the less controversial, "but don't you support our troops?