Originally posted by RICHARD


I am really tired of the media turning people into MEDIA WHORES.
Sad but true. I wonder what her son would think of all of this mess.

I am not minimizing her pain, but the fact of the matter is that her son was an enlisted soldier. He knew the risks and chose his path. Please, I am in no way even slightly suggesting that he deserved his fate. My hubby was in the Air Force during Viet Nam. He knew the risks and enlisted. My brother was in the Air Force during the Korean War. He knew the risks and enlisted. I have cousins who are career Navy men. When you enlist in the military, no matter who the President is or the condition of the world at the time of your enlistment, you have to know that this is dangerous business. You have stepped out and pledged to serve and made that commitment.

This is different than what was happening during Viet Nam where kids just out of high school were being drafted and swept into the Army, sent to a foreign land and killed even before the ink was dry on their diplomas. Yes war is horrific....NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! But I do believe that when you enlist you have weighed the costs and gone ahead accepting what may come. That said, my heart aches for this woman. I just wish she could do her grieving in a way that would be more honorable to his memory. JMHO again.