Tough talking radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger's 19-year-old son will join the U.S. Special Forces later this year — an endeavor that could take him to the Middle East.

Schlessinger, famous for doling out conservative advice on her nationally syndicated call-in show, told about 300 people at a 425th Civil Affairs Battalion event on Saturday in Santa Barbara, Calif., that she wasn't too worried about her son, Derek Bishop.

"I brought my son up to be a warrior," she said. "I feel sorry for the mothers of the bad guys. And I just have a good feeling."

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