[Amerigomag]

Sending a child into war and harm's way is dreadful by any measure. But three soldier-daughters ending up in Iraq at the same time - it's more than any parent should have to bear.

Don't know who to attribute this comment to ... but ...

Appropriate when our military was conscription. Quite a different matter in an all volunteer army.

The three daughters are in Iraq because they wanted to be in Iraq. I've got to believe that their parents had some input into the decision to join the military.

[jaykay]

The three daughters are in Iraq because they wanted to be in Iraq.

They joined the Wisconsin National Guard to go to Iraq?

[sandbar]

>The three daughters are in Iraq because they wanted to be >in Iraq. I've got to believe that their parents had some >input into the decision to join the military.

Having three daughters myself, I would hate to see any of them in combat in a war zone. I would also respect thier decision to join the military, even if it were one weekend a month. They understood the possiblity of going to war. I've seen too many stories with the parents saying "they just wanted college money", or something to that effect. When did the military become a welfare for college program?