If he’d just waited a year or so, he could have gone to Iraq and stayed for a while, all on the taxpayer’s dime.

Just sayin’

edit to add: Mom gets a Dumbass Award, too:

“We’re going to sit down and discuss consequences,” she said. “He understands what he put us through, and he’s flexible about that.”

Note the article also states that Dad helped him actually get into Iraq (visas, whatever), since he’s only sixteen. Notice that car-bombers can seemingly move around with impunity, hence our need to have so many of our almost-sixteen year olds there with guns to keep them out.