[Yo-Yo]

Meanwhile, relatives of U.S. troops visiting Iraq pressed their agenda to meet with leaders of the occupation authority, hoping to voice their opposition to the U.S.-led occupation.

One mother held back tears while looking at U.S. soldiers guarding the entrance of the Habbaniyah military base in Baghdad.

"They are so young. This is not for them. ... They look just like my boy," said Annabelle Valencia, whose daughter, 24, and son, 22, are both based in Iraq.

"Sorry Sarg, I can't fight today. I have a note from my Mommy excusing me from strenuous combat."

[desertcry]

What happened to: Duty, Country and Honor?

[bd476]

"'Sorry Sarg, I can't fight today. I have a note from my Mommy excusing me from strenuous combat.'"

Indeed ... shades of Hanoi Jane.

Have military families always been allowed to visit/protest/inspect combat areas or is this a recent change in policy?

[ImpBill]

I wonder how her kids feel about her making comments like this to the media? And I wonder if she has any clue, if the kids do, how it puts them at risk as they think about their mothers concerns, in that she made them quite public.

What the kids feelings about the war are is immaterial as they need to keep their minds 100% focused on where they are.

Parents like this really do make me sick. Not that they feel the way they do, but that they make those feelings public to the media.

[EricT.]

How do you tell mom to shut up and go home?

[Let's Roll]

How humiliated her children must be. She trivializes their sacrifice and doesn't even get it.