Huh. I saw the title and the first thing I thought of was the shameless Democrats kicking over rocks to find "Iraq war veterans" to run in the last election. Talk about props!
One kid they found, Patrick Murphy, actually knocked off the incumbent Republican in my district (thanks to the votes from the sliver of Democrat parasite nest Philadelphia which is gerry-mandered into the district) and he's now my Congressman! Turned out Murphy was just an "in-the-rear-with-the-gear" lawyer in Iraq who probably spent his time devising "rules of engagement" and doing ACLU dirty work prosecuting Marines for "war crimes".
It sounds like this mother would rather have her kids exposed to liberal instructors, drugs, alcohol abuse, partying, sexual promiscuity, rape, and other things that go on at some college campuses these days. It makes me think her twins would actually be safer joining the military.
Dear Abby Your response to “CLEVELAND MOM” about her children going into the military was the most disgusting thing you have ever written. What a pompous fool both you and the parents are. Serving ones country is on of the most HONORABLE things one can do. Freedom is not free. What do you want to happen, have some none relative fight for your freedoms? You should have pointed out that without war we would still a colony of England, still have slavery, and there would be no more Jews because Hitler would have killed them all.
You should have told Cleveland Mon that she is a leech because she is living off the sacrifices of millions of men who have FOUGHT and died for this country. Who is she to say that her children are more important the children of other parents who volunteered? No your answerer was that of a coward and traitor. You and Cleveland Mom should go to http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/moh1.htm and read about the Medal of Honor recipient sacrificed for freedom around the world.
You should have also stopped being a socialist Liberal and pointed out that Muslims have declared war of world and a loss in Iraq would embolden the terrorist and WE WILL have death and destruction in the USA. With the exception of Antarctica, there is not a continent in the world that Islamic terrorist have not struck.
I did not thing I would ever see the day the Dear Abby went over to the Dark Side and help a selfish parent turn her kids away from protecting the USA. VETERANS ARE NOT PROPS TO BE GAWKED AT OR PING-PONG BALLS TO BE USED IN THE DEBATE ON THE JUSTIFICATION OF WAR. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED TO GUARANTEE THE FREEDOMS THAT THIS CLEVELAND MOTHER AND HER KIDS HAVE.
--here's hoping she gets "Zumboed"--
These parents are liberal loons, so of course they don't get it.
Here's what happened. These kids were fed anti American/anti Military garbage from birth. They had little opposing information but some of the "facts" they were raised with rang false.
They met the recruiter who gave them a different point of view.
Now they want more of it.
"They have even put up military posters in their rooms that they received from the recruiters."
Oh, the horror!
Good ole Abby = stupid liberal fool.
Try talking to some of us who proudly served bitch. I'll be happy to fill them in on the life.
DEAR CLEVELAND MOM:
The job is no more dangerous then it was in the Cold War.
Still potentially dangerous, but statisically there are more dangerous jobs. The job protects America, protects even no clue newspaper columnists. And spreads freedom round the globe for a safer world.
The job MAKES history. The job steers history and human civilization towards a better future.
The vets in the hospitals are heroes beyond words.
Few can say they made that much difference in life.
Maybe unintentionally, but "Abby" nailed it. If the kids are not military material, their eye opening will chase them away; if they are, it will strengthen their resolve. And the vets deserve the attention.
I haven't thought much of the family since the old Abby's sister, Ann Landers, went after the Pope.
If people consider all of the feuding in that family (Ann's and Abby's daughters also have rival columns and have tangled in the past), they might consider other sources of advice.
Sure, let someone else's children fight to keep your sorry butts safe & free. If the moron needs to write to 'Dear Abby' for advice that should tell us all we need to know about her parenting skills. Maybe her children are smarter than she is and want to do what they think is right.
Jeanne Phillips began assisting her mother with the column at the age of 14, when she needed to earn an allowance. She has written the majority of the column since the early 1990s, even though her mother did not publicly acknowledge her as co-writer of the column until 2000. Jeanne took the column over completely in 2002 when her mother had to retire due to Alzheimer's disease.
Her mother was widely considered liberal and Jeanne Phillips is considered by some to be even more liberal than her mother was. Some conservatives strongly criticize some of her advice. For example, Concerned Women for America once criticized her for "spreading false information about homosexuality". She has also been criticized by pro-life activists for giving advice in support of abortion rights.
awards include: The Generations of Choice Award from Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles
Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips was an identical twin; her sister, Esther Pauline Friedman Lederer, wrote the Ann Landers column until her death from multiple myeloma in 2002, at age 83.
November 8, 2002, Jeanne told a mother to support her daughter’s involvement in pornography.
Pauline “Abigail Van Buren” Phillips, Jeanne Phillips’ mother and the founder of the “Dear Abby” column once received a letter from a reader concerned that a gay couple had moved into their neighborhood, and wanted her advice on what they could do to improve the quality of the neighborhood. “You could move,” Abigail famously replied.
I hate to say this, but this is typical.
I have a relative by marriage, a big weightlifter, tough-guy type.
When he heard his son wanted to join the Coast Guard, he went off on a tangent about how "my kid won't fight in this phoney war."
But, let a 9/11 occur in his neighborhood, and he'd be screaming real loud for "somebody else's" son to protect his self-centered ass.
BTW, he is so stupid he can tell you who won the latest American Idol, but has no idea the Coast Guard is not in Iraq fighting on the streets.
First off, this is not Dear Abby, it's her daughter. She's as far left-wing radical as it gets, and she shames her mom every time she writes this crap.