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Sistermadly is right about the fact this mother didn't do anything until her son was killed. She knew he was going to war as a VOLUNTEER. That's right, he VOLUNTEERED to serve this country and trained for the possiblity of war, whether you believe it's justified or not. He wasn't drafted. I empathize with her being an ex-military brat whose father was in the Pentagon on 9/11. I feel a small bit of her pain the pain she feels. Everyday my heart hurts when I watch the news and hear of another solider killed. I was fortunate to be able to spend time with the wounded soliders at Walter Reed the last two holiday seasons. Not one I met thought he/she could have died in vain... not one. And although I am sorry for her pain, I am frankly sick to death of this woman. She annoys the hell out of me. She is making a mockery out of her son. She had her chance to speak with the president. He doesn't OWE her an explaination. He apoligized. What does she want? His blood, his first born? Will that make it better? And so that the president doesn't make a mockery out of this woman's son, we must stay the course and finish what we started so he and all the others killed didn't die in vain. That will be the consolment for all the other parents who greive. I may not necessarily agree with everything that the president does, but I support him as the ELECTED leader and I support the troops. And I don't think that this woman saying her son died IN VAIN is the message that we want to send the rest of the troops.
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