Idaho's Real-Life Brothers-in-Arms

[Charlie Brown]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/15/brothers.in.arms/index.html

(CNN) -- As the war in Iraq stretches on, American military families feel a mixture of pride and anxiety that comes with having a loved one in a combat zone. The family of Leon and Tammy Pruett knows those feelings four times over.

The Pruetts have four sons serving in combat in Iraq. Eric, Evan, Greg and Jeff are completing an 18-month tour of duty in Iraq with the Army National Guard. Leon and the couple's fifth son Eren are just back from Iraq, and daughter Emily would have gone but had not completed her training when her brothers shipped out.

Why would one family be willing to risk so much for the war in Iraq? The Pruetts feel it is their duty to serve, that other people in the world have a right to some of the freedoms and privileges Americans have. And, as Tammy Pruett says, "If not my sons, then whose?"

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Surely not G. Bush's daughters eom

[olddad56]

2. she'll be singing another tune if any of them come home in a box.

[olddad56]

3. it's a worthy cause...

illegally invading and destroying another country under the pretense of bringing peace and freedom to these people is a lot like having sex in an effort to make someone a virgin. It just doesn't work that way.

[IndianaGreen]

4. These guys are in the National Guard, they didn't volunteer for this war!

When are they coming home, and for how long are they going to be allowed to stay home?

[MissB]

5. Good.

We often tell people that if they support this war, then they should go serve. This family apparently supports this war and is sending everyone but the mother.

They're walking the walk, not just talking the talk. Good for them.

[consuming]

6. Bring em home