Father of soldier slain in Iraq turns his grief into action

Note - this is in Stars and Stripes - newspaper that goes to miliary people.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=22166


To mark the first anniversary of the Iraq war, Bill Mitchell carried a sign during the March 20 protest that read “Bring My Son Home Now.”

A few weeks later, Staff Sgt. Michael Mitchell returned home, unfortunately, in a flag-draped coffin.

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His son’s death also compelled the father, an Army veteran, to speak out about the war.

He recently stood up for a civilian defense contractor who lost her job after The Seattle Times published her photographs of U.S. military coffins leaving Kuwait. He believes his son’s casket was among those that made the press.

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“They don’t want people to see the true cost of war,” Mitchell said. “The $87 billion they are spending is not the true cost. It would not pay to bring my son back alive.”

to hear that someone with children serving as soldiers in iraq protested the war then got to receive the remains of their children later.
some things leave one with a very bitter taste.

show circut together!