The soldiers mother lost her son and is entitled to express her opinion.
Absolutely. I've not suggested otherwise.
The mother suffered a loss that from her opinion, an opinion with a bt more wisdom and understanding involved, was the fault of this administration for entering a war that turned out to be unjustified in her opinion.
Yes, I understand this point, and I think one can rationally make the argument. She did, after all, suffer a loss, too.
But HIS loss was presumably much greater. I just think it is, at best, unseemly for her to be conducting this protest in her son's name. It just seems to me there is a bit much emphasis on the SON, who did not agree with her perspective (Camp Casey, etc.).
I certainly don't suggest she has no right to do what she is doing. She certainly has every right, and would be expected, to wish things had turned out differently. But her son made the choice, and it has been said that he fully supported the war effort. For her to use his name in connection with her protest is disingenuous, unseemly, and in my view, totally defiling of her own son's name. Is she entitled? Absolutely. Should she be condemned for it? Absolutely. IMO, at least. |
