a Mother Bound for Baghdad (must read)

[Mari333]

After serving for nine months in Afghanistan, my son was deployed to the Sunni Triangle on January 9, 2004. I sought support from "military moms", then realised that none of us knew what was really going on there.

Recently, I packed my bag, travelled to Baghdad with a women's delegation and talked to GIs and Iraqi professionals, and, with no help from the U.S. military, located and visited my son.

Nick was not pleased I was bound for Baghdad.

"Don't come," he said. "It's too dangerous. If you do come, go to a rifle range first and practise shooting. Then carry a big gun while you're here."














http://www.witness.co.za/content/2004_02/22095.htm

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. She should just bring him home. I wish all the mothers would

And I bet the Iraqi mothers wish so too.

[Mari333]

2. ya like we can..maybe if someone sent us all

we could just stand there and say bring them home, we are not budging until they get our kids out of here
How can you force a 21 year old ..I tried..I wish I could go over and stand in front of the place and do civil disobedience and get the press there and bring them all home along with the rest of the parents..and I would join the Iraqi mothers arm in arm to be a part of it
I know my husband would join me..hes getting very ill from this, Im watching him get ill and I cant stop his stress and horror he is feeling. Today his son wrote him
"we are in a blackout right now so not any emails for awhile and Im in Baghdad and Ill call you when I can"

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. Back in the 70s or 80s there used to be this guy named Ted Patrick

People would call him when their kids got into cults, and Ted would basically go get them, and take them to some place where he would "de-program" them.

It was controversial, and arguments could be, and were made, on both sides of whether Ted was doing a good thing or not.

He's probably too old now.