[il Padrino Ute]

Good idea. No, great idea.

She acts like her son is the only soldier to have died in the war. It's time for her to realize that it was his choice to join the military and death is a risk one takes when joining. She also needs to learn from the example of parents of others who have died and aren't using it to bitch and moan.

My guess is that she was a bit too young when those that protested the Vietnam War were doing their thing and she's using this to live out her fantasy of being a hippie.