Like so many women today, she sees her son as a device for gaining attention. This woman is completely self-absorbed and a little bit crazy as well.
She may put on a great act, pretending that this is about her son, but this is about her agenda as an America-hating liberal. Why would a mother who loves her son be dishonest about his and his fellow soldiers own thoughts on the war, just so she could suggest things are worse than they really are over there?
Nothing would please this woman more, than for her son to be killed in Iraq, giving her instant status as an Activist, just like some of the 911 families who have turned tragedy into a device for furthering a leftist agenda.