G.I. Families United in Grief, but Split by the War (the wisdom of the war

[rodeodance]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/02/national/02moms.html?oref=login&th


January 2, 2005
G.I. Families United in Grief, but Split by the War
By MONICA DAVEY


.......As the number of American troops killed in Iraq has risen above 1,300, mothers of the dead have built a grim community of their own, mostly invisible to outsiders and separated by geography, but bound together by death. Some have met in pews, recognizing one another from newspaper photographs or with the simplest introduction: I lost my son, too. .....



In this network linked by sorrow and empathy, however, one issue divides them: the wisdom of the war. ......



People on each side say they respect those on the other. Still, flashes of tension have crept up at small gatherings and group interviews, and even after condolence sessions with President Bush......

[bluestateguy]

1. Any parent who says the war is OK...

is thereby also saying that they regard it as acceptable for even more parents' sons to come home in body bags.

[Skittles]

2. they're in denial

hard to know your kid died for absolutely nothing, or, worse, due to the incompetence and greed of Bush Inc

[fujiyama]

3. This may sound cold

but for those families of those that died in the war, that STILL voted for BUsh...

I have no sympathy. I no longer care. My sympathy will go elsewhere.

[xchrom]

4. iraq = no threat to the u.s.

no honour in dying for this illegal war.
i feel all the more sad for the loss -- and pity for those who are still true believers.

[saigon68]

5. They are FOOLS and IDIOTS

Dying for the Halliburton STOCKHOLDERS And the BRAVE NEW WORLD of the CHIMPANZEE FAMILY Criminals.

[Moderator]

6. duplicate

locking. discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1114758