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.
"The pirates were messing with our ships. That's an act of war."
Did you ever read the ARMISTICE that ended the Gulf War? (I'm sure you haven't.)
It listed many things that Saddam could not do, without getting himself re-invaded. Little things, like not shooting at our planes, allowing weapons inspections.
You may have been at the movies while all that was going on. But violated a ceasefire agreement is AN ACT OF WAR.
Neo-conservative is a real, living, breathing, distinct political polity, your supercilious definition notwithstanding.
Thanks for the new link---
Please.
It's important.
Thanks for the ping.
Iraq broke 17 UN resolutions.
The ONLY reason we didn't go into Baghdad and finish Saddam off under President Bush the elder is because we had promised the UN and France and Germany et al that we wouldn't do so, in order to get that coalition together.
You're new here, but that doesn't allow you to post drivel and senseless propaganda as fact. Nor to assume that you know what the president is "really" thinking. He says what he means and no matter how much you wish that were not so, it is.
Never heard of Turkey then, have you? That Muslim nation became a democratic, secular nation AFTER it had been not only the head of the Caliphate, that bin Laden and the rest of the lunatics yearn to reinstate, but rapidly pulled itself out of a terrible malaise after WW I! Do read some history books, before you post absolute garbage!
Could you explain to us why the survival of Israel is not of interest to us?
Best friends with Cindy.....how sweet. At least the father of the hero, Erik, and the stepmother are honoring him.
Yes, they are honoring their son and in another article I didn't link, they collect money for veterans.
Name similarities could mean some kind of family connection in Iraq. I'd like to see someone explore this a bit more. Perhaps Mike Darancette can shed light on why there is no connection.
Having never experienced multi-party government, I guess I have this naive vision of coalitions working together for the best possible outcomes.
Frustration leading to absurdity? ;-)
He won't answer. I posted two long answers to him and he ignored it all. Typical.
Israel isn't perfect, and neither is any other nation in the World. But Israel does seem to be the only nation slated for destruction.
What at stupid b***H
Cindy you ignorant s***t
What you're spewing, newbie, is lefty propaganda. You're a troll.
Couldn't handle the no-spin zone, eh? :)
Isolationism has been superseded by weapons of mass destruction. The oceans don't provide the protection they once did. And it will take just one deranged jihadist with the right weapon in his hand to kill hundreds of thousands or millions. Sitting on our arses and hoping for the best is not a working strategy today. We have to kill them before they get to us.
See post #413. This woman has no truck with reality.
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