Posted on 08/10/2005 1:47:20 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Nightline Tonight Mon., March 14, 2005
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.
I thought this meant she needed to change her Depends---
Yep. Bitter and whacked and a lefty...all rolled into one.
I hope you won't lie awake worrying about it, but I don't give a damn.
It appears that she and I agree on one important issue, emphatically.
Also, she is a grieving mother and I share that grief for her son and for all of our troops condemned to Bush's folly.
All the armchair warriors here are forever disparaging my concern for our troops. Well, I disparage y'all's pissing all day on this woman's grief, regardless of her politics.
I noticed that about the ex-husband. Highly dysfunctional.
Most people could find a way to come together at such a time, at least the divorced people I know could and have.
Major issues.
She was also mad that she had to share time with her ex-hushand .. the father of her son
She said that she was a family of one and shouldn't have had to share time with her ex
"changing and fluid situation"
I thought this meant she needed to change her Depends---
Ahhh, now I understand.
Kristinn quoted in article about Cindy.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460909/posts
How convenient that she had to meet him alone...so she wouldn't have someone out here to call her a liar about what President Bush said/did.
Bushs' folly??
I'm sorry that you're already married. I think I just saw your soulmate on BO, and she's single!
"It appears that she and I agree on one important issue, emphatically."
Israel out of Palestine?
You still have answered where they should go?
The pirates were messing with our ships. That's an act of war.
That's all you need to know about her. She took away time from her ex-husband and the people with him for herself. I didn't like her Bush got up in my face, nose to nose thing either.
This woman is a stupid idiot!!!
The woman who was just on O'Reilly's show:
Mr. Kesterston and his new wife support the war in Iraq while his former wife, Dolores, does not:
http://www.burnbush2004.com/united_in_grief
idiot ping
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