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Letters: The debate over war in Iraq

11:39 AM CST on Sunday, March 26, 2006

I've lost part of my son

President Bush says we will be in Iraq beyond his presidency. He tells us we will be there until victory is achieved but cannot tell us what victory is.
My son is home on leave for the first time in 18 months. He has been to Afghanistan once and Iraq twice. He is 21 and has the empty, soulless eyes of someone who has seen too much. He talks vaguely of killing. He tells of recovering tanks and Humvees still drenched with his buddies' blood. When he did guard duty, he told me, "Don't worry, Mom, we aim low with the kids."
Nine in his unit have been medically discharged with post-traumatic stress syndrome – and these are mechanics.
If you still believe in this president and this war, choose which of your children will be the next to go.
I lost a part of my son over there. That's all you get, America.

Elizabeth Dawson, Red Oak

source: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/letters/stories/DN-3piraq_0326edi.ART.State.Edition1.3e50ba1.html