Dead California soldier's mom protests near Bush's ranch

[Ernesto]

Sheehan arrived in Crawford aboard a bus painted red, white and blue and emblazoned with the words, "Impeachment Tour." Sheehan, from Vacaville, California, had been attending a Veterans for Peace convention in Dallas.
The bus, trailed by about 20 cars of protesters and reporters, drove at about 15 mph toward Bush's ranch. After several miles, they parked the vehicles and began to march, in stifling heat, farther down the narrow country road.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/06/bush.peace.mom.ap/index.html

[phantom power]

1. I'm curious about what they are thinking.

I might be misunderstanding what's going on here, but this isn't the first time I've read a story with the theme "parent of dead soldier protests war."

Did they think it was a good idea before their child got killed? Did they think it was OK as long as it was other soldiers getting killed, and not theirs? Did they think soldiers go to war, and not get killed?

I don't mean to be uncharitable in their time of grief, but I'm truly curious about how they think about war, and its conseqsuences.

[roody]

2. Sheehan for Senate

Let's run Cindy against Feinstien!