Pre-WWII, parents in France taught their sons how to dance. Parents in Germany taught their sons how to shoot. In the first few weeks of the German invasion, 193,000 Frenchmen were killed. Which parents loved their sons more?
As an aside, no federal aid ought to go to schools who bar US military recruiters from school property.
Not only does it make one a better citizen (in general), but it also permits you to personally to contribute to this nation's greatness.
These mothers are off base. If the don't like the Army, sign up in the NOAA corps or the Public Health service, etc.
It is time that these persons learn what it means to be a citizen.
What this woman is really afraid of is that her son might become a Man and realize just how flaky Mom's world-view is.
More from the "keep my boy a boy" crowd, because they are terrified of real men.
This should have been written about the homosexual lobby.
I see that the list of groups working with this deluded woman includes the usual suspects. Of course there's no left-wing anti-American appeasement agenda. Riiiiight!
I'll be signing up, and I'm a straight A student with a future in medicine... so there goes that theory.
But she's OK with homosexuals in the schools.
Isn't that supposed ot be leavemycowardalone.com?
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I just sent them a (polite) to-the-point email of my opinion of their opinions. They can only do it because my son is helping protect that right. When a US Marine recruiter came to his school, my son joined--without any special bonus or trinkets or any promises except lots of hard work. Soon he'll be heading to the Sandbox for his second deployment, and we are so proud of him.
17 and 18 year old men are fully capable of making a reasoned decision as to whether to enlist in one of our Armed Services.
18 and 19 year old men won WWII for us.
Is this source anything like the Weekly World News?
I was activated about 5 times to fight western forest fires with my C-130 unit. This woman can kiss my @ss, my wife's @ss, and my kid's @ss. I left my family and my career and my family to support western forest fires in 2002 and 2003. I left my career and my family to support Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. I am completely BEYOND sympathizing with these TOTAL morons. VOTE CONSERVATIVE.
And when the next terrorist attack hits the U.S., the same whiners will by screaming --- "why isn't the government doing anything?" Whiners will be whiners! Just let them whine and ignore them.
A generation of cowards.........won't happen, but whacko babes like this Mom would be much happier living in Somalia or somewhere else.........
Of course when Clinton was bombing Yugoslavia, this woman wouldn't have had a problem with it.
I have had horrable experiences with Army recruters for my 19 yo son. They are offering him so much. He is next to a pro soccer player. Works out with pro teams but can't play because his scholarship offers would go away. Actually had to throw a recruter off my property. Free college, special forces, special assignments are just a few of the bribes.
Had this crackpot and her pals been born 50 years earlier, they would have spent her golden years speaking German.
I bet she brazenly breastfed her son in public too. ;)