[Cincinatus' Wife]

***But reactions to her trip have been mixed -- especially after she began writing a Weblog and essays that have spoken frankly about shootings of Iraqi civilians, overcrowded hospitals and young GIs who may be suffering emotionally and physically. Some longtime friends, even a few who contributed to her Iraq trip fund-raiser, have stopped talking to her. She doesn't know why. ***

[EllaMinnow]

I just read the whole article, even before I've had my coffee.

I am stunned by her lack of understanding towards her son. My son is about the same age as hers, and even when he and I have huge disagreements, we still understand each other.

In her complete self-absorption, she has embarrassed her son and revealed her own ignorance.

I'm pinging my son to this, because I really want to get his reaction.

[White Eagle]

Somebody needs to run a fundraiser to buy this woman a clue. She didn't get it then, and she doesn't know why now. "All my friends have changed, but I'm still the same..."

[biggerten]

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In January 2003, Nick was shipped to Afghanistan. He had become an Army Ranger, a jump master for paratroopers and a sniper. He was in the thick of the action. Last Dec. 19, his 26th birthday, Nick called to say he was headed to Iraq. At that point, with U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians being killed almost daily, Galleymore began to panic. She couldn't sleep at night, "because I was thinking, 'My kid is going to get killed for something I don't believe in, and I don't think he knows what he's getting into.'

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Call me an optimist, but I figure a 26 year old, an Army Ranger, a jump master/sniper might know a thing or two about what he's getting into. Mama should realize that her little boy is now a man, a man's man. She should be proud and have confidence in such a son. I could ony hope for sons were like him.

Oh well. Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys.

[GBA]

This woman is an absolute nut case. She is from South Africa and the article says:

"She saw apartheid's inhumanity daily through their eyes, and she was repulsed by seeing work crews of black men shackled at the ankles along the roadside."

I take her comments to mean that she was against apartheid and would have supported those who would bring about its end. Yet when our troops remove Saddam and his evil dictatorship, thus liberating the Iraqi people from his reign of terror, she wrings her hands and frets. The article says this:

"She became a U.S. citizen in 1985, admitting that her view of the United States reflects the optimism of a new immigrant: "We need to live up to our ideals." Especially in Iraq."

I'd like to say that she's lost it, but I doubt she ever had it to begin with.

[q_an_a]

This is a perfect example of the self centered life style of the privaleged Americans. "I don't care what my children are thinking or doing or even what they say. My concerns are all I want to act on and I will not let facts or the opinions of other get in my way." This is also the motto of the RAT party!!

[RexBeach]

The deal is as simple as this: If you don't support the troops' mission, you don't support the troops!

Paul Kantner of "The Jefferson Airplane" once said that San Francisco was 49 square miles surrounded by reality. It seems this is still true.

[Barset]

This is OT, but wanted to tell you that about three weeks ago my friend's son answered the phone in Caracas and told me they were rounding up men between the ages of 18 to 45 and sending them to Cuba for training. I called my other friend right away, she was gone so I asked her maid if this were true. The maid said that it is voluntary, and the men are given money for their families for volunteering to go to Cuba to be trained.

[carmody]

Don't know if this has already been stated, but can you imagine moms during WWII following there sons to Germany?

And for the record, what is the difference between freeing the Jews from Hitler and freeing the Iraqis from Saddam? Nothing. Apparently, the Holocaust Museum has made more of an impression on conservatives than liberals. Surprise, surprise.

[CSM]

"The need for cultural understanding was awakened during Galleymore's early childhood in apartheid-era South Africa. Her white, middle-class family owned a 30-unit hotel there, and with her parents busy running the 24-hour business, she and her siblings were raised by black nannies. She saw apartheid's inhumanity daily through their eyes, and she was repulsed by seeing work crews of black men shackled at the ankles along the roadside."

Yep, that's why it would be so much better if SH was still in charge!

[lonerepubinma]

What a piece of crap this so called mother is. All she did was use her son as a PROP to support her liberal ideas.
Some day this man will realize just what she did to him.