Delusional

I'm really annoyed by this woman camping outside President Bush's ranch in Crawford, Tx. She was on TV this morning whingeing about how Bush needs to make himself accountable to her for killing her son (killed in action in Iraq). Well, unless her son is a 30-40 year Army guy drafted in 1968 and has never been permitted to leave the army, it sounds to me like he volunteered for the job. I am confident that anyone who joins the military and does not expect to have some potentially fatal risks associated with that position is, in fact, delusional.

The question I have is - if her son had been killed in boot camp because another soldiers weapon mis-fired would she be blaming Bush for that? Going into the military means you're either precariously traveling by air, sea or underwater. If you're not doing one of those things, then you're hanging around a target for violence or hanging around explosives and weapons. In my particularl line of work, I do not hang around tanks, rifles, controversial political sites, nor do I risk getting snagged by fishing lines and losing my oxygen supply or having a major malfunction going at upward mach speeds. Therefore, I have chosen a position in life that is considered somewhat safe.

OK, I need to stop ranting about this now but at the end of the day, her son made an admirable adult choice. He should be admired for making that choice and I think his mother dimishes his death by saying it was a waste of his life. If she still feels that way, she should have educated him about the realities of war and conflict (like my dad who pointed out I'd not make it even through boot camp). If she didn't then that's her fault and not George Bush's.This has nothing to do with a just or unjust war. He was not a draftee so her protest is utterly ridiculous. All the children and mother's of WWII, Korea and Vietnam draftees should go sit outside the White House, not her.