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Mothers Protesting For Sons Off To War

How do you feel about mothers protesting the war to get thier sons out of Iraq?
  • Can you say 'embarassment'?
    So your baby boy joins the Army while we're in the middle of the war, and he gets shipped off to Iraq, right?

    I can only BEGIN to imagine, people, the embarassment he feels when his mother his holding up a picket sign in front of the press confrence that says 'send our babies home!'...Can you imagine that? Being a big tough Marine or soldier, and you guys catch a glimpse of your mothers on TV chained to cars waving madly screaming that she loves you and that the war should end so you can come home?

    HELLO! Reality check...Your sons joined in the middle of the war, and the recruiters TOLD them you might have to go to Iraq, and yet your sons joined anyway. IT WAS HIS CHOICE! Not yours! Why not support his decision instead of embarassing him?

    Sure, he might not like what he's gotten himself into, but the Army will make him strong, if it already hasn't. And your son knows that he has to be strong and be a man. It's dishonorable to desert, obviously, so respect his decision.
    Voted for by Oral Fixation.
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  • Mothers should accept there childs choice...
    After ( school ) grade 12 we are pretty much ready to make big choices in life. Should you go to college, skip college get a job and move on with life, or join the millitary? Well some people would just like to be in the millitary.
    I dont think the Mothers should protest agianst sending their child to iraq if it was the childs choice to join the millitary. In most cases i think we would see it was the childs choice to join. If the child wanted to join the millitary he/she got into exactly what they signed up for, War. If it was your choice to join the millitary and if while in Iraq you saw on TV your Mother protesting, saying:
    "send my son/daughter ( your name here ) home"
    How would you feel? A bit demoralized and ashamed of your Mother i'd think.
    Voted for by dollar.
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  • Eh
    I wouldn't care how embarassed my bro got by something that got him out of the war. If me walking around in a thong holding up pictures of him playing Pretty Pretty Princess with my sister when we were kids got him out of killing and risking death, what the hell do I care? He'll get over it eventually--while he's alive and all.

    I don't really go to protests though because they don't do anything unless, ironically, the police take things too far.
    Voted for by Weydon.
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  • Weak Mother
    First of all, protesting is not going to get a mother's son out of the war. Secondly, she should have prevented him from joining the armed forces in the first place.

    A mother who protests her son's decision to join the army is a mother who doesn't respect her son's decision. She is selfish. She is being a mother to a grown man. She is attached to motherhood. She suffers because she does not let go of motherhood. No one wants to see themselves outlive their children. But, we must also respect our children and the choices they make in their lives.
    Voted for by Brew Kline.
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