Cindy Sheehan: "My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel."

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[Sam Hill]

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  That was my son's unit. He was killed on that day 04/04/04. Here is a letter that I wrote to NightLine about the broadcast:
  Love
 

  Cindy Sheehan
 

  March 15, 2005
 

  To Whom it May Concern:
 

  Imagine my distress when I turned Night Line on last night and I was confronted with the gory details of my son's murder in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq on 04/04/04. Imagine, also, my sorrow and rage at the side of the story that you presented to the American public.

[SNIP]

  I was on the Night Line Townhall Meeting in Washington, DC on 01/27/05. After I spoke (which I think was a fluke), Ted Koppel dismissed me as being "emotional." First of all, how can I approach this discussion without emotions, MY SON WAS KILLED, AND KILLED FOR LIES? Second of all, that show was not fair and balanced and I think the conclusion "Should we stay" was foregone.
 

  The show last night was also not fair and balanced. To see all the wives being interviewed who had not lost their husbands and to hear what "hard work" it is to be left behind when their husbands are at war. How hard to you think it is to have a child killed in an illegal and immoral war? In this "wonderful" group of families left behind, we had exactly ONE of the wives call us..she is Diane Rose who was my son's Colonel, Frank Rose's wife. The last time we heard from Diane was in October and we feel we have been left behind by anyone connected to the 2-5 Cavalry. Is support only given if your loved one stays alive? One wife was quoted as saying that Sundays were the hardest for the families left behind. My son was killed on Palm Sunday last year..how does anybody think Sundays are for my family?
 

  Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by a George Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11. We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy...not for the real reason, becuase the Arab-Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy. That hasn't changed since America invaded and occupied Iraq...in fact it has gotten worse.
 

  It would be so amazing if your show would put me, or another parent who lost their child on who disagrees with the war and this administration: to have just an entire show..without presenting the false side of the debate. That would take a lot of courage and integrity. I hope your program will exhibit these qualities.
 

  I also think that Mr. Koppel owes me an apology for the rude way I was treated on his show. After I expressed myself about the war being based on lies and that the troops should be brought home immediately because the war was based on lies, I was not thanked for my comments, or my son's sacrifice. He just said to keep the discussion away from emotions. Then, the wife of a soldier who was killed was allowed to speak and she praised the policies of this deplorable and despicable administration, and she was thanked and praised by the panel.

[iconoclast]

What the hell is a 'neo-con' anyway? I can't stand that word.

If you're serious neighbor, just take a little time off from FR and do some research right here on the wondernet.

What's stoppin yuh?

[cwb]

Sheehan: "There, I used the 'I' word – imperialism."

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Close, but no cigar. The "I" word is about "you." This is no longer about Casey, but about what you can accomplish using your son's death. The fact that you have made "I" more important than him is a disgrace.

[Republican Wildcat]

You aren't being serious, are you? It only takes one making statements like this for propaganda purposes - witness the way she has been used by our own press to attack Bush.

[Sam Hill]

 

Ray McGovern, a former CIA agent (R), places a photo of the son of Cindy Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families for American Peace(C) on the table as Ambassador Joseph Wilson looks on during an unofficial forum on the Downing Street Minutes on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC June 16, 2005.

"The session took an awkward turn when witness Ray McGovern, a former intelligence analyst, declared that the United States went to war in Iraq for oil, Israel and military bases craved by administration "neocons" so "the United States and Israel could dominate that part of the world." He said that Israel should not be considered an ally and that Bush was doing the bidding of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "Israel is not allowed to be brought up in polite conversation," McGovern said. "The last time I did this, the previous director of Central Intelligence called me anti-Semitic."

Democrats Play House To Rally Against the War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061601570.html

[Mo1]

I was on the Night Line Townhall Meeting in Washington, DC on 01/27/05. After I spoke (which I think was a fluke), Ted Koppel dismissed me as being "emotional."

kristinn .... Weren't you at this Town Meeting and wasn't there a live thread at the time?

Or am I mixing it up with a different Town Meeting

[HitmanLV]

Everything I've read by or about this woman convinces me that she is more than just a little crazy. I think the death of her son made her snap.

I agree and have said so for a while. She is cracking up and falling down. She is being enabled and encouraged by some of the political foes of the admin. The media is along for the ride because it suits their worldview and it makes for great television.

Wish her the best.

[La Enchiladita]

Why does she consider her son a hero if the war is meaningless to her?

[sofaman]

American Jews who are conservatives that don't like Israel's policies? Really? Which policies are those?

[veronica]

Right! And for the record, both my knees are Jewish. :)

[small voice in the wilderness]

No, she has no agenda. Just another grieving mother, standing alone in Crawford, looking for answers from a war mongering president, bent on world dominance.

"Mr. President, now that Iraq is under control, what are you going to do next?"
'That's easy, MSM. It's ON TO JERUSALEM!!! YEEEEEEEEEE-HAWWWWWWWWWW.'(Six guns blazing, shooting at the MSM feet, making them dance for him)

/sarcasm off.

[asp1]

Hmmm interesting point. I think a lot of what the media covers could be called distraction. Such as this allows us to completely ignore some new information about the 911 Commission, etc? Could be?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Bump for later.

[OKSooner]

Rite now she's scheduled to be on O'Blowhard's program tonite, but I won't be surprised if she has "technical difficulties" after this coming to light.

[conserv13]

She's an American and has a right to voice her opinion. That the press is paying attention is another issue. They'll do whatever to give her a platform. Crawford TX is a small town and the President is there working, not much else to do if you're the press in Crawford, TX right now.

[Mike Darancette]

Hadi Jawad:

Committee in Solidarity with the People of Iraq (CISPI) Founded before the war.

Dallas Peace Center

Dallas Coalition Against War in Iraq

Crawford Peace House (http://www.crawfordpeacehouse.org/)

secretary of the American Muslim Alliance (http://www.amaweb.org/)

Big Time anti Semite/Israel.

[katya8]

She's jealous of all the publicity Natalee's mother in Aruba is getting.

She wants to be on teevee. Like her. Except she's much too ugly and much too mean.......and nobody wants to watch her talk......not ever......!!!!

[conserv13]

Most of them are liberal Jews actually.

One guy I know actually left the IDF early and came here because he didn't want to serve in the West Bank. He can never go back to Israel.

[mudblood]

"We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy...not for the real reason, becuase the Arab-Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy."

This statement frees my soul to say that she is a terrorist-appeasing DOG. She's completely worthless, less than rotting lichen. She's suggesting here that America got what it deserved.

[BibChr]

You know, I'm looking at my watch... it's 'WAY past fifteen minutes... and this woman is still all over the news.

Isn't there some breaking story on Natalee Whoever? Or Michael Jackson's nose? Or Brad and Angelina?

Goodness.

Dan

[OKIEDOC]

I find it odd that the liberals are turning their hate on Israel and yet the biggest supporter of the scumbuckets at ACLU are radical liberal Jews.