Replies

I've held my peace on this subject thus far because I feel great sympathy for any mother who has lost a child.

I was in a large therapy program several years ago, and a woman came in whose daughter had been carjacked, assaulted, and murdered by four guys they later caught.

While I couldn't imagine what she must have been going through and felt terribly sorry for her, she went over the edge with her grief and became obsessed over it or whatever the diagnosis was to the point that it was destroying what was left of her family. In short, she was stuck in her grief and could not move on with her life after a normal grieving period. To this day, I do not criticize her for it; it's just the way it was for her. I hope she is doing better now.

I know most parents never really get over losing a child, especially by war, accident, or violence. Death by incurable illness may be a little easier to reconcile, but I don't really know for sure. I don't like to make judgement calls on things like this, would likely feel the same resentment toward a president who had ordered my son into battle, even if he went voluntarily and re-enlisted for another tour, but I can't imagine myself publicly acting out in such a manner.

Mothers who lost children in wars didn't used to behave that way, and some of those lost fought under a draft, not under a voluntary enlistment program.

I don't think Cindy is the only grief-striken mother who is using her child's death as a political weapon. I'll just be glad if she can resolve her grief in a more healthy manner and find renewed purpose in her life out of the public spotlight and not destroy what is left of her family life.

"In short, she was stuck in her grief and could not move on with her life after a normal grieving period. To this day, I do not criticize her for it; it's just the way it was for her."

In short, SINdy did not celebrate Casey during his "LIFE" time and now suspiciously and conveniently (timing is everything) uses him in death. Facts are short and simple. In short, Casey's own letter stated how he doubted SINdy would remember his phone call to her from his over seas military location.

As I've said on other threads, we have have observed Democrats who refuse to accept the reality that President Bush won 2 presidential elections.

Unable to deal with such reality, you can only imagine the denial she has in accepting her son's death.

She needs to seek counseling and support whether it is from family, friends, religious figures, or psychiatric/psychological counselors. The people in the anti-American war movement (they are pro-Palestinian war) are not her "friends". They do not have her best interests at stake.

Michael Moore has come out FOR the terrorists in Iraq, denying they are terrorists and calling them Freedom Fighters, what's more he has said that America WILL fail and that he doesn't want to see any nation aiding to prevent that failure.

She is being exploited for political purposes and has changed her own story to suit their agenda.

She is fair game because she is the terrorists' stooge. A grieving mother who spits venom at the wrong target.

You're very generous to her.

I think her "grief" has moved to a new level, that of self-absorbtion. She isn't the only mother that's lost a child. Her son chose his path. She won't move past this until she stops being rewarded for her behavior. She should honor his decision and that would honor him. She's trying to get something for herself but she's only diminishing herself.

She should be home with her other children.