Why Did My Son Die?

[mebadgett]

A Military Mom Demands an Answer

Policy Experts and Popular Performers Join Lila Lipscomb on a Mother’s Tour of Duty Around the Nation to Inspire Americans to Question the Iraq War

"Mr. Bush is under no obligation to answer Mr. Moore's charges, but he will have to answer to Mrs. Lipscomb."
-- The New York Times, June 23, 2004.

WASHINGTON - October 11 - “How do you think it feels for a grieving mother to hear Charles Duelfer, the top CIA weapons inspector for Iraq, state last week that Iraq destroyed its weapons of mass destruction years ago and had no ability to produce more, under sanctions? How do you think it feels to hear White House officials now admit that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with 9/11? I want to know: did Michael die for a lie?” asked Lila Lipscomb, the military mother from Flint, Michigan, who is featured in Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11” reading from the last letter her son, Michael, sent home from Iraq before he died.

Heartbroken and angry, Mrs. Lipscomb has embarked on a Tour of Duty around America, imploring audiences to question why we invaded Iraq and why our troops are still there. Lipscomb is being joined by popular performers, leading activists and policy experts at a nationwide series of public educational events.

Entire article: http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/1011-22.htm

[Bluebear]

1. STAGED! It's all STAGED!

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3. "Blame Al Qaeda"

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2. Soon The Republican Attack Machine will begin smearing her

They'll call her "Lila Lipscum" or something like that.

I forget what right wing radio talk show it was that I was listening to about a month ago, but some caller called in and said somthing like, "We need to stop listening to the blubbering dead soldiers' mothers. They are undermining our resolve to win the war." I was so taken aback I just shut the radio off.