Mother of slain soldier wanted to 'shoot' Bush

An Interview with Sue Niederer
Her son was told by the recruiter
he wouldn't see combat; now he's dead
Seth, 24, was in debt after he graduated from Rutgers University in 2002. He joined the army for money and skills that, he was told, would help land him a job with the CIA or FBI -- his dream jobs. "Not for patriotism," said his mother, Sue Niederer, who is now an anti-war activist. She advised her son to get the recruiter's promises in writing. When Seth asked, the recruiter told him, "Your mother wears your pants for you?" Seth, who had no training with explosives, was assigned to find enemy remote-controlled bombs. He would then call in experts to deactivate them. He was killed by a bomb in February 2004, after five months in Iraq. Posted by Editor at September 20, 2004 06:58 AM