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.

[MamaB]

I think you are right. I have been thinking the same thing.

[Fudd Fan]

You're so right. This is becoming a matter of national security, i.e., credible presidential threat.

[Cautor]

"NWO/Bliderberger/Masonic/Templar/NeoCon/BlackHelicopter Jews"

Don't forget the Council on Foreign Relations bunch.

[atomicpossum]

She has admitted thAt her Husband left her because he does not agree with her on this subject.

And yet, she's the story, and he isn't. I think we know why.

[Military family member]

I just wish the folks at Freep would simply ignore her and let her go away. Constant discussion only breeds further action on her part...if she thinks she's reaching someone, she'll keep going.

[sofaman]

I'd agree with that...

[conserv13]

I'm not sure anymore LOL

[doc]

"Why is this woman getting airtime?"

After criticising Israel this woman will stop receiving air time.

[Fudd Fan]

I'll give you 4-1/2.

[G32]

Wow, get her in an institution.

[JCEccles]

Hadi Jawad is the big mouth grunting into the megaphone. The few snippets about him on the Internet say he was born in Pakistan, at least one parent is Iraqi, and that he came to the University of Texas at Austin in 1972 to attend college. For all intents and purposes he could be a paid agent for the (now deposed) government of Saddam Hussein. It appears he's been agitating against the UN sanctions against Iraq from their inception.

I would be willing to bet he's very well paid for what he does.

[SouthernFreebird]

I'm beginning to wonder if he's really dead or just in the witness protection program to avoid his mother.

[Republican Wildcat]

I think there was a misunderstanding along the way.

Rosemont is making the point that Al Jazeera uses these kinds of statements as propaganda to promote "Zionist Conspiracy." Whether they will in this case remains to be seen - but they have in the past - such as with Durbin's comments on the Senate floor. Her "being an American" and having the right to "speak her opinion" aren't the issue - it is how they may be used by the enemy.

[samantha]

The demoncrats hate Israel because they have had mostly Conservative leadership and they have kicked Butt in all their conflicts. They do not ask permission to go pee pee like the dems want them to,especially the freaking U.N. My spouse is Jewish and he was in Israel on a sabatical during the outbreak of the six day war, and has finally acknowledged that the Jews in America are against Israel and do not know who their enemies are.

[daybreakcoming]

Its code for conservative jew.

hmmmm....they call all of us neo-cons. Do they think we are all Jewish? Or (gasp) are they just stupid.... I assume cons means conservative? But what is neo?

[ariamne]

I disagree iconoclast. As an ex-leftist, I can tell you that, almost 100% of the time, when the leftist slime excoriates Israel, it's because he is a jew-hater. If you keep talking to them, they will ALWAYS slip and instead of saying "the Israelis" are doing this and that horrible thing to those poor poor Palestinians, they will end up with an anti-jew rant. And while Sheehan was critizing American policy of course, its quite clear she was also slamming Israeli policy, and of course, the Jews. It's a part and parcel of leftist talking points and believe me, they do hate the Jews. It's part of what drove me away from the Democratic party, that and waking up to their insane hatred of this country.

[mewzilla]

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[cwb]

"Terrorism is just a new "ism." It was "communism" when I was growing up.."

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And it still is communism, with you as grown-up. But you probably didn't think that was a threat, either, since you seem to have found a home with many of them. You're concern for imperialism is a joke since you completely ignore the history and principles of Islam. Get a clue.