Yesterday I talked with a military mom. Her 18-year-old son wanted to exercise his independence, and he wanted to seem "tough", and so he joined the Marines.
He's now being shipped off to Iraq.
His mother is distraught. He son has been pampered and spoiled all his life, and he has no idea what he's gotten himself into. But he's stubborn, so he's going to have to learn this particular lesson the hard way. Hopefully he will live to learn from it.
And she asked a poignant question: What kind of person would lie to send other people's children into war?
Perhaps the same kind of person who would merrily aim his bicycle in order to crush the symbolic graves of our fallen troops in Arlington West? [Read more.]
Note to Sheryl Crow: Will you dump him for this, or are you trying to compete with the Dixie Chicks?
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