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Families Of U.S. Soldiers Oppose Iraq War

IslamOnline.net & News Agencies

Since the fighting in Iraq actually began, military families voicing opposition to the war have faced the added burden of being branded unpatriotic or unsupportive of the troops.

NEW YORK -- IO
Among Americans who oppose the U.S.-led war on Iraq, those with family members fighting in the Gulf often find themselves isolated in an emotional struggle of their own.

Confusion can be the overriding state of mind that emerges when conviction that the war is wrong clashes with a sense of concern for -- or pride in -- a spouse, parent, child or sibling serving in the armed forces, Agence-France-press (AFP) reported Thursday, April 3.

The dilemma is sometimes a lonely one, as it draws no comfort from the pro-war sentiments of many "support the troops" groups and sits uncomfortably with the pacifist leanings of the mainstream anti-war lobby.

For Melissa Halvorson, a graduate student at the State University of New York, the recent departure of her Marine reservist husband for Kuwait loosed a series of conflicting emotions that have been tough to resolve.
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Pretty rough in this PC world of ours.

A look across the tracks,
Dan