Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., gathers herself as she recounts stories of her son by a tent that she is sleeping in on the side of the road that leads to
Posted on 08/10/2005 1:47:20 PM PDT by Sam Hill
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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.
Yes, ya want some?
Hey, why don't you say that every person should be sterilized? We don't want nor need any more people here in America...do we, Chairman Mao? LOL
Nooooooo, you would begrudge me a civilized, comfortable life. You want me to go everywhere on a bicycle, not have the benefit of a good hospital and great, skilled doctors, you want me to make my own shoes and clothes and probably my own pots and pans. You would deprive me of the motor in my well ( I'd REALLY like to see YOU draw up water from 600 feet; yes, 600 feet, because that IS how deep my well is!), my washing machine and dryer, and everything else; including my son-in-law, who OH HORRORS, is a LEGAL immigrant.
Next, you'll be wanting every woman to wear a burka! No wonder you post as you do...you're really quite like the Taliban.
Supposed to be a counter-rally. But, sadly, I haven't heard much about it. I'll listen to Ankarlo this morning and see if he has details. Supposedly, he was going to do his show from Crawford on Fri.
My son-in-law didn't take anything away from you, when he came here.
Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., gathers herself as she recounts stories of her son by a tent that she is sleeping in on the side of the road that leads to
Go read some history.
AHA! More lies dispelled and refuted by the intrepid FREEPERS. :-)
Check this out
http://www.angelfire.com/sk3/spkhntrca/cphpgbb.html
scroll down to where it says next and click
keep doing that till you get to the third page of pictures
All the pictures of the Family taken with the President have been taken down
Re #803 -- I see the madwoman in the attic was extra-agitated tonight!
The only one I've seen is the video footage of her flapping her yapper with screaming long-haired, dope smoking, over-the-hill, anti-war peacniks egging her on from behind. I have no clue what she's screaming, all I know is she's using her own son's grave as a pulpit from which to spew her leftist terrorist appeasing bilge.
Guess who's posting at the D-Kos in support of Cindy??
How You Can Help Cindy Sheehan
by periphrastik
Tue Aug 9th, 2005 at 12:32:17 PDT
http://dailykos.com/story/2005/8/9/153217/8547
(snip)
Thanks for this! (none / 1)
Extremely helpful!
by Melody Townsel on Tue Aug 9th, 2005 at 14:19:13 PDT
A registered user of DU.
Hmmmmmmmm...the rusted brain speaketh; again. LOL
The more we find out about Cindy, the worse she gets.
Good Observation.
By the time we made our way through the floods and got into Crawford, I had a fever, sore throat, and bad headache. So I was made to rest and not have any interviews until noon.
Who made her rest? Who told her she couldn't have any interviews until noon? Who is in charge of this publicity stunt, since it obviously isn't Sheehan?
There was a little preliminary controversy before the caravan left, says Young, as Veterans for Peace negotiated some turf issues with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Iraq war casualty Casey Sheehan and moral leader of the trip to confront the President. In the end, it was decided that the Crawford trip would be a mutual action, since VFP had already planned a trip to the Western White House as part of its annual convention being held under and near the big tent.
I think Code Pink is the group secretly pushing her.
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