So you can't be a man without hitting your momma? I see.
We've already lost one child (not to war) and it would destroy us to lose another.
I'm sorry for your loss. And you can try to persuade your son not to join up. But ultimately, if he is a man, he will make decision on his own, as a man. He won't need his momma to get between him and a recruiter.
"But ultimately, if he is a man, he will make decision on his own, as a man. He won't need his momma to get between him and a recruiter."
Don't think he needs a recruiter to make a decision, either. Like salesmen in all fields, some recuriters are known to lie (sure, son, we'll make a pilot out of you). Unless I know the recuiter personally (and I do know some, including my late daughter's boyfriend), I'd trust my wife more.