Ohioans Urge U.S. Escalation Or Pullout

Will their kids go first?--Dictynna

Associated Press
Wednesday, August 17, 2005; Page A02

CLEVELAND, Aug. 16 -- The day after burying their son, parents of a fallen Marine urged President Bush to either send more reinforcements to Iraq or withdraw U.S. troops altogether.

"We feel you either have to fight this war right or get out," said Rosemary Palmer, mother of Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II.

Paul Schroeder and his wife, Rosemary Palmer, of Cleveland, talk about their son, Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, who was killed in Iraq.
Paul Schroeder and his wife, Rosemary Palmer, of Cleveland, talk about their son, Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder II, who was killed in Iraq. (By David Massey -- Associated Press)

Schroeder, 23, died two weeks ago in a roadside explosion, one of 16 Ohio-based Marines killed recently in Iraq.