She is a mother whose child has been killed in a pointless war, as have the children of around 3,000 other mothers in the US, not to mention the thousands of mothers in Iraq whose children have been killed or maimed in this insanity.
Very annoying, PAPADeuce.
As for Hugo Chavez, his disdain is, I believe, for the current occupant of the WH, not for the USA or its people.