by dbeach » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:29 pm
JD <br>Those bush supporting Moms have been conditioned how to think, feel ,respond by this fascist system posing as a republic or democracy or whatevr it morphs itself into..The important thing for us is to keep reminding the sleepers of the fascist agenda to come..which if alllowed to happen will include WW III and worse...<br><br>This local Mom is not fooled by the bush rhetoric..<br><br>she was anti-war before the tragic death of her son<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.thewesterlysun.com/articles/2005/12/11/news/news2.txt">www.thewesterlysun.com/ar.../news2.txt</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br>"WESTERLY - Purple Heart medalist Marine Lance Cpl. Nickolas D. Schiavoni, killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq more than three weeks ago, at once struggled with - and was committed to - fighting the war in Iraq, his mother says. <br><br> <br> <br>But his mother, Stephany Kern of Westerly - herself an opponent of the war - says her son was "depressed about all of it."<br><br>And so, too, apparently were members of his platoon: Schiavoni wrote his father that he and others in his unit were being prescribed antidepressants.<br><br>"We got word that the unit was all depressed, and Nicky was on Zoloft," Kern said. "He had post-traumatic stress the first time he came home."<br><br>A Pentagon spokeswoman told The Sun that privacy acts prohibit her from discussing what, if any, medications specific Marines are prescribed. But, she said, antidepressants, "a common prescription these days," are prescribed generally, and on follow-up, military health officials found that the medication has a "calming effect," and makes soldiers "more alert."<br><br>Staff Sgt. Christina Delai said that antidepressants are prescribed to Marines "case-by-case." She could not confirm if an entire unit was on the medication.<br><br><br>"He was confused, I think - inside - about the concept of war. We were very close. We talked," she said.<br><br>"I was always worried. When they sent him limping with that leg to Iraq, I would think, 'He's running, running from insurgents, limping... ' and he was always there at the worst times," she recalled.<br><br>But Kern is quick to add that, despite her son's trepidation and concern about the war that he was fighting, he fought nonetheless ... for freedom, he believed."<br><br>"I told the Marines that I was glad it was this time and not Vietnam, so soldiers could be honored," Kern said. "He served his country with honor."" <p></p><i></i>