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Meanwhile: More parents of dead soldiers weigh in...

...on George Bush's dirty little war:

Parents of Fallen Marine Make Plea to Bush

By JOE MILICIA
Associated Press Writer

CLEVELAND (AP) -- The day after burying their son, parents of a fallen Marine urged President Bush to either send more reinforcements to Iraq or withdraw U.S. troops altogether.

"We feel you either have to fight this war right or get out," Rosemary Palmer, mother of Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, said Tuesday.

Schroeder, 23, died two weeks ago in a roadside explosion, one of 16 Ohio-based Marines killed recently in Iraq.

The soldier's father said his son and other Marines were being misused as a stabilizing force in Iraq.

"Our comments are not just those of grieving parents," Paul Schroeder said in front of the couple's home. "They are based on anger, Mr. President, not grief. Anger is an honest emotion when someone's family has been violated."

Palmer accused the president of refusing to make changes in a war gone bad. "Whether he leads them out by putting more troops on the ground or pulling them out - he can't just let it continue," she said.

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George Bush justified his dirty little war upon the claim the Iraq possessed hundreds of tons of chemical and biological weapons. None were found. We all should be angry. Not just the parents of dead soldiers. We all should be angry.

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