A piece called "War Mom vs. Peace Mom" by Dan Froomkin was part of Washingtonpost.com today.   At first glance I thought "well maybe he's saying an anti-military mom's position would lead us to more war and loss of life, and a pro-military mom's point of view will bring us peace through strength...yeah right!  

Froomkin is paid to write for a liberal newspaper and skillfully feeds his propaganda hungry readers what they need to smugly tout that Bush is dumb, evil and/or hypocritical.  President Bush spoke to a group of military families in Idaho who are proud of what their sons and daughters are accomplishing, afterwards nudging them toward the press.  Is the press corp embarrassed they need guiding to someone supportive of the war on terror?  Instead there is focus on the staged aspects of Bush's response while trying to make  Sheehan and company look like a natural groundswell. 

But this article isn't as tilted as many are in the Post.  Froomkin mentions military mom  Tammy Pruett's response to Paula Zahn's tilted questioning. 

"ZAHN: There are so many things that must keep you awake at night. What is your chief concern as your son[s'] service continues over there?"  (aha!  I've got you now!  You will have to whine about the fear of losing a son.  Will it be fear of snipers?  Fear of improvised bombs?)

"T. PRUETT: My greatest concern is that we stand firm, that we stand behind the president, that we continue this battle until it's done and we bring all of our boys and women home safely, but not until it's (the Iraqi government and infrastructure) ready."

What a War Mongering War Mom!

Wow!   But seriously...this is the crux of the matter.  The left in it's hatred for the president can only focus on the losses,  real or perceived, claiming they were misled into taking these risks.  While the majority of military families see a job that needs doing, and respect the President along with the  men and women who are doing that job.  

Imagine the mother of a fallen firefighter saying  "The Fire Chief told us fighting fires would be easy and tricked my son into going."  "We should pull out of all firefighting and leave fires alone so no more firefighters are lost"  "Actually it's the fact that we are fighting these fires that is causing them!"  A woman like that of course would be dismissed as being understandably confused in her grief.  ...unless the President were to start trumpeting the virtues of firemen; then the media no doubt would find such a woman and a "Let it burn!" movement would be driven by the media and funded by moveon, George Soros and the like.