Reply #62: heh, youthful naivete + large disposable income = wide world of trouble

[NuttyFluffers]

well, he could've taken up an all-too-common, expensive, drug habit like many youth his age with way too much pocket money. though his odds of survival between self-destructive addiction vs. war zone would definitely be higher with the addiction. in rehab they don't snipe you and have random wheelchairs blow up.

i'm fully in favor of the mom restricting his access to just about everywhere now. he definitely did show an incredible lack in judgment. it's a miracle he's back home alive; there's so much he could have done in any of the nearby persian gulf states that could've gotten him killed, enslaved, or worse, let alone sauntering into a war zone in iraq.