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.
You are obviously not familiar with "The Phantom." I am referring to a figure in American comic books and in daily newspaper comics from the 1940's up through the 1960's. If you weren't in America then you would not likely be familiar with this piece of popular culture. If you were here it would have been difficult to have missed it.
Thank you kindly for the link, I'm bookmarking it. But, guess what? Counterpunch.org doesn't show on your list, hehe. I thought you should know.
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Looking forward to it. :-)
The more people like her keep on and on, the more the left keeps bringing these anti-seminites into the spot light, the more votes will come our direction. Keep it up Lefties! Keep moving on... LOL
"So, whether you agree with her or not, she has a right to air her views without being labeled a traitor and an anti-semite for doing so. "
Let's examine what she has said, shall we?
"We began the killing as soon as we stepped foot on these shores [of America] and the killing has gone on unabated for over 200 years."
"There has always been excuses for wars, but NONE of them have been good or valid."
http://tinyurl.com/7rzr3
"This country is not worth dying for.”
“America has been killing people on this continent since it was started."
"The U.S. government is a morally repugnant system.”
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=17915
"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."
http://tinyurl.com/8jcbw
"My first born was killed violently for a neo-con agenda that only benefits a very chosen few in this world."
http://tinyurl.com/avwer
“George Bush and his neo-conservatives killed my son.”
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=17915
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1462802/posts
Now check out her word yourself.
Your rant shows you to be a troll.
I agree with you. Ms. Sheenan is doing more to destroy the Democrat Party than any weak sister Republican could ever do!!! I say let her go forward and get all the MSM and other coverage she can!!! The woman is the political face of the Democrat party. What a disgrace to her country and the memory of her hero son, who forever will carry the dignity of serving his country and making the supreme sacrifice. May the Lord in heaven take his brave soul and celebrate and glorify it forever.
She has a regular column at lewrockwell.com, so she is hardly brainwashed by them. She IS Lew Rockwell.
Self-ping.
You guys are right about her though, she's the best thing to happen to the right since howard dean and his aaarrrrhhh fest. Has anyone tried to send this to that dup anderson cooper over at cnn? I tried but when I sent it it wouldn't go through...Great to be back among the SANE people of AMERICA..
Don't worry, I understand about that.
There are sometimes some tricks around it,like the neat trick I learned off someone awhile back.
Copy the reply to shortcut from a nearby post and swap the numbers out to those of the deleted post.
Like this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460787/reply?c=991
My post, close to Tx-indy..
Swap numbers, and you get this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1460787/reply?c=990
Post is deleted but still viewable through the reply to link.
Caveat being that if the post is totally nuked from the system, it won't show even there and (Unknown) shows up in the reply to field.
Ill take "Tratorous Mothers" for 1000.
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