Slightly off topic, but the Portland Press-Herald was the *only* thing I hated about living in Portland. It's so ridiculously left-wing that my friends used to refer to it as a "radical splinter publication of the New Republic".
That said, I would guess that the program to which she refers allows children who would normally OD on Halloween candy to sell it back to a local dentist or orthodontist who will then send it to a military unit deployed in Iraq so that the troops can enjoy it and possibly share some with the Iraqi children with whom they come in contact.
What is she picturing? A B-52 carpet bombing Iraq with Tootsie Rolls? I highly doubt it is part of some diabolical plot to promote tooth decay among Iraqi children. I bet she's one of those types who gives apples to trick or treaters
