{"id":175,"date":"2005-08-13T10:03:28","date_gmt":"2005-08-13T17:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=175"},"modified":"2007-07-08T19:22:54","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T02:22:54","slug":"ah-moms-sometimes-you-can-only-love-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"Ah, Moms. Sometimes You Can Only Love Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

This entry was posted by my co-blogger Dick, a writer and former squadron mate:<\/em><\/p>\n

Cindy Sheehan is breaking my heart.<\/p>\n

In a prior life, when I was a first lieutenant on my first operational assignment, an aircraft from my wing crashed and made the evening news. Unfortunately, it was over eighteen hours before I could get through to my folks and tell them I was okay. Did I hear from my mom about that one! When I went home on leave, there were some tears shed as my mom lectured me on what sons are supposed to do. High on that list of responsibilities was the duty to outlive her and dad.<\/p>\n

I listened as good sons are supposed to do. But I had chosen to be a professional warrior and accepted the risks that went with the job. Later on, I was to spend thirty months of my life in Southeast Asia during the unpleasantness there.<\/p>\n

A few months ago, I was asked how I would feel if my son or grandson joined the military. My answer was, “It’s not my decision.” When asked how I would feel if they were killed in Iraq, I replied “I would grieve for them.”<\/p>\n

Cindy Sheehan’s son made the decision to join the Army and fly helicopters. And he died doing that in Iraq. And if we fail in Iraq, did he, and all the others die in vain? For the professional military it is a question of having the guts to try. By that measure, Cindy Sheehan’s son met the standard, and for that I honor him.<\/p>\n

Because Cindy Sheehan raised her son right, he lived, made his own decisions, and died accordingly. In her anguish and anger, Cindy Sheehan does not know who and what her son was. Worse yet, she may never know.<\/p>\n

Cindy Sheehan is breaking my heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry was posted by my co-blogger Dick, a writer and former squadron mate: Cindy Sheehan is breaking my heart. In a prior life, when I was a first lieutenant on my first operational assignment, an aircraft from my wing crashed and made the evening news. Unfortunately, it was over eighteen hours before I could […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,14,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-military","category-war"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}