Cindy Sheehan: A TRUE AMERICAN HEROINE! - 2 Options After Your Child Soldier Killed In Iraq: Cindy Sheehan Chose Correct One! - RI10 Repub

Cindy Sheehan: A TRUE

AMERICAN HEROINE! -

2 Options After Your Child

Soldier Killed In Iraq:

Cindy Sheehan Chose Correct

One! - RI10 Repub

Originally published August 29, 2005 

Cindy Sheehan, in a TV commercial released by Gold Star Families for Peace in August 2005

Cindy Sheehan (born July 10,1957) is an American anti- Iraq War activist who attracted international attention in August 2005 for her extended demonstration at a peace camp outside President George W. Bush 's Texas ranch. She is sometimes referred to by the media as the, "Peace Mom."
 

Tabacco's Added Comments: Some parents, like Cindy Sheehan, who have lost their child to Bush's Iraq War for Profit & Oil, cry, then think logically, and realize they were wrong for supporting either the Capitalist pigs in the Bush administration or this Evil, Selfish War itself. Few, like Cindy Sheehan, even step forward, protest publicly and even become Activists to end this USA Imperialism! To these brave people, who turn tragedy into a Cause, Tabacco salutes you. May God bless Cindy Sheehan.

Other parents, not identified here, who have lost their child to Bush's Iraq War for Profit & Oil, cry, then react instead of think, and publicly reaffirm their support for Bush and his War For Profit & Oil! Those "people" will be addressed in the Post that follows this one!

Who would have guessed that Christians, the followers of the Man of Peace, would become the most violent, murderous, genocidal, inhumane and vicious collection of thugs and criminals on earth?

Thank God for Cindy Sheehan. She’s a mother, who lost her son to George W. Bush’s war in Iraq for oil and profit. She is in Crawford, Texas, confronting the Butcher of Iraq (that’s George W. Bush, not Saddam Hussein), on his home soil. God bless Cindy Sheehan.

Most wars are about profit and natural resources. So this one is no different. Mankind needs to stop the carnage and grow up. War is not the answer, nor the solution. It never has been, and it never will be. One of the definitions of insanity is continuing to do the same thing over and over, while expecting a different result. World War II was supposed to be the “War to End All Wars”! Well, it wasn’t, was it? If war hasn’t solved the world’s problems in the last 3,000 years, why would anyone believe it will solve them now? Does anyone truly believe that might makes right?

How can Christians face God on Sunday morning, knowing they have killed tens of thousands of innocent people in Iraq? How can they glorify George W. Bush, when he has murdered more people than Saddam Hussein ever thought of killing? Where is the moral justification? Is oil a moral justification? Preventative wars are the province of any monarch who feels he has military superiority over any other monarch.

“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. "
Bible quotes (The sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity.)
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Sheehan is the mother of the late US Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, who first joined the U.S. Army in May 2000. He re-enlisted in August 2003, at the age of 24. Casey was killed in action on April 4, 2004, just five days after his arrival in Sadr City, Iraq, during the Iraq Occupation. Casey had volunteered for a rescue mission in which he and several others were killed. Casey was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart.


Political Activism


Cindy Sheehan speaks at a peace protest outside of Fort Bragg, North Carolina on March 19, 2005. (Photo: Jeff Patterson)

A long-standing member of the Democratic Party, Sheehan had initially questioned the urgency of the invasion of Iraq, but did not become politically active in the anti-war effort until after her son's death.

Sheehan and other grieving military families met with Bush in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, nearly three months after her son's death. In a June 24, 2004, interview with the Vacaville Reporter published soon after the meeting, she expressed concerns about the president's changing justifications for war "every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached", as well as the way the war had been handled, but also told the reporter that she believed President Bush was sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqi people, and was sorry for the loss of her son.

Sheehan gave another interview on October 4, 2004, stating that she did not understand the reasons for the Iraq invasion and never thought that Iraq was an imminent threat to the United States. Her son's death compelled her to speak out against the unjust war, help to bring the troops home and hold politicians accountable.

On July 4, 2005, she was again interviewed by a local paper in Ft. Lewis, WA. She described the meeting as "one of the most disgusting experiences (she) ever had, and it took me almost a year to even talk about it." She described President Bush as being "detached from humanity" and said "his mouth kept moving, but there was nothing in his eyes or anything else about him that showed me he really cared or had any real compassion at all." She continued, "He didn’t even know our names," asking "Who we'all honorin' here today?" when he first entered the room, and then referring to her as "Ma" or "Mom".

Sheehan is also one of the nine founding members of Gold Star Families for Peace, an organization founded in January 2005 that seeks to end the occupation of Iraq and provide support for families of fallen soldiers. As of August 2005, at least 63 other relatives of fallen soldiers are listed as members.

Although she had spoken publicly against the Iraq war and occupation since 2004, Sheehan gained national attention in early August 2005 when she traveled to President Bush's Prairie Chapel Ranch just outside Crawford, Texas, during his five-week vacation retreat there. Demanding a second meeting with the President and an explanation of the "noble cause" for which her son died, she created a peace camp by pitching a tent by the side of the road and announced her intention to stay, day and night, for the full five weeks, or until such a meeting is granted. She has also promised that, if she is not granted a second meeting, she will return to Crawford each time Bush visits there in the future.

Sheehan's actions have led supporters such as Rev. Lennox Yearwood, CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, to describe her as "the Rosa Parks of the antiwar movement."


Rhetoric

In her speeches and writings, Sheehan is direct and often blunt, a characteristic that has been noted by observers on both the left and right, and which Sheehan herself does not deny.

In a letter to author William Rivers Pitt, she stated, "And most importantly and devastatingly, this war is based on lies and betrayals. Not one American soldier, nor one Iraqi should have been killed. Common sense would dictate that not one more person should be killed for lies. One of the people, my son, was more than enough for me and my family. I will live in unbearable pain until I die. First of all, because my first-born was killed violently, and second of all, because he was killed for a neo-con agenda that only benefits a very chosen few in this world. This agenda and their war machine will chew up and spit out as many of our children as they can unless we stop them now."

In an August 15, 2005 interview on MSNBC 's Hardball with Chris Matthews, Sheehan told Matthews that she thought she would not have responded differently to her son's death had he died in Afghanistan rather than in Iraq. Sheehan argued that the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was "almost the same thing" as the Iraq war and that in both cases it was wrong to invade an entire country to fight an ideology that did not necessarily represent all of the people of that country. When Matthews pointed out that "...Afghanistan was harboring, the Taliban was harboring al-Qaida which is the group that attacked us on 9/11". Sheehan replied, "Well then we should have gone after al-Qaida and maybe not after the country of Afghanistan." Sheehan also argued that American efforts in Afghanistan were not "having any success" and that "our troops should be brought home [from both Iraq and Afghanistan.]"

In a speech given on April 27, 2005 at San Francisco State University, Sheehan is quoted as stating "We are not waging a war on terror in this country. We’re waging a war of terror. The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush." Similarly, Sheehan wrote that "Casey was killed in the Global War Of Terrorism waged on the world and its own citizens by the biggest terrorist outfit in the world: George and his destructive Neo-con cabal."

In an interview given to Mark Knoller of CBS, Sheehan states her belief that the Iraq War has made terrorism worse and referred to the foreign insurgents coming to Iraq as "freedom fighters". "But now that we have decimated the country, the borders are open, freedom fighters from other countries are going in..."


U.S. Congress

At least sixteen Democratic congress members signed a letter on August 9, 2005, asking that Bush meet with Sheehan and the other relatives of fallen soldiers, as well as calling on Bush to ensure that no one will be arrested for having a peaceful demonstration.


Support

Since beginning her vigil, a number of organizations and individuals have expressed and provided support to Sheehan. One of these is the national organization Veterans for Peace, at whose convention Sheehan spoke just prior to beginning her vigil in Crawford. Members of the organization have also assisted at the "Camp Casey" site, installing and maintaining the Arlington West display there.

The website MoveOn.org announced on August 10, 2005 that it was gathering comments via email to place in a two-page newspaper spread in a Sunday edition of the Waco Tribune newspaper in support of Sheehan and her efforts. MoveOn gathered more than 250,000 comments, many of which were included in the advertisement. Tom Matzzie of MoveOn said:
"In her grief and bravery, Cindy has become a symbol for millions of Americans who demand better answers about the Iraq war. Though right-wing pundits have attacked her personally, her honesty is unimpeachable. Now more and more mothers (and fathers, brothers, sisters, wives, husbands, sons and daughters) are standing up with Cindy. Please join us, and together, we'll make sure that President Bush can't escape the reality of this war—even in Crawford, Texas."

Supporters say that the Crawford protest highlights the claim that the Bush administration's believes in selective violence and the claim that the President fails to take responsibility for the deaths of those he commands.


Media Personalities

Some conservative media personalities have been critical of Sheehan.

(Tabacco has chosen not to reprint the indefensible, ingenuous rantings of Bill O’Reilly, Rush Limbaugh & other Bush hacks. If you wish to read their dribble, go to the Wikipedia website.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Sheehan

http://www.meetwithcindy.org/
Cindy Sheehan’s website

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