Posted on 08/15/2005 3:36:04 PM PDT by kristinn
Antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan who is camped in Crawford, Texas demanding a meeting with President Bush over the death of son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, in combat in Iraq has surrounded herself with groups that have endorsed the so-called Iraqi resistance.
Last June, groups opposed to the American-led war to depose the regime of Saddam Hussein gathered in Istanbul to hear testimony before a 'jury of conscience' on charges of war crimes and violations of international law by the United States.
Endorsers of the statement issued by the World Tribunal on Iraq at the end of the conference include Code Pink Women for Peace, United for Peace and Justice and Veterans for Peace; while not a named endorser, Tim Goodrich, co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War , testified before the tribunal against his country.
Representatives of these four groups have been at Sheehan's side since she arrived in Crawford August 5.
The lengthy statement issued by the tribunal contains several statements legitimizing the so-called Iraqi Resistance. One reads, "It is the brutality of the occupation that has provoked a strong armed resistance and certain acts of desperation. By the principles embodied in the UN Charter and in international law, the popular national resistance to the occupation is legitimate and justified. It deserves the support of people everywhere who care for justice and freedom."
Another statement by the tribunal denounces the January election in Iraq and the new constitution being constructed by the Iraqi parliament:"Any law or institution created under the aegis of occupation is devoid of both legal and moral authority. The recently concluded election, the Constituent Assembly, the current government, and the drafting committee for the Constitution are therefore all illegitimate."
Code Pink Women for Peace, United for Peace and Justice, Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War, despite what they tell the media in Crawford, are not peace groups. They have taken sides against America and stand with the terrorists killing American soldiers in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan, grieving mother of a fallen G.I., stands with those who stand with our enemies.
Come on, Bill, ask Joe if he thinks Bush is a murderer!
She did lie, Joe.
Come on, O'Reilly, ask him about the horrible statements she's made about Bush; never mind the Iraq thing!
The liberals keep pushing this "things have changed" mantra........trying to make it so.
They are DYING for the war to go bad.
O'Reilly's poll just made Trippi a liar.
You know, 8, we could do those interviews ourselves, couldn't we? They are SO damn predictable!
It sure did!
This is not working for them.
My niece was here this weekend; the one who doesn't like to talk about politics; all she could talk about was that whacky woman down in Texas. Heh.
O'Reilly made Trippi look and sound like a FOOL!
WHich means the Loons will be on the war path for O'Reilly
He just said that Bush has LOST 61% OF THE PEOPLE behind the war...
Oh, dear, Trippi just got O'Reilly to back down, he must take lessons from Chrissy Matthews on how to talk over someone while they are talking..
BTW---Janene Garafalo on Air America was saying that O'REilly, Limbaugh and others LIKE RON SILVER, are so dumb that the "fall" for that Israel "crap" and that if anyone wants to bring up Israel's problems, they "can kiss my a$$"...she then repeated the last four words..
She then went into a diatribe about how much trouble we have gotten into because of Israel and blah, blah, blah...
I had to turn it off....especially knowing what the people of Israel are going through this week.
I would get physical, I'm afraid.
Garafalo is an anti semite
That sounds like they are starting to distance theirselves from her.
Useful idiot of the month award.
God bless her son.
And that is putting it NICELY!
No .. Code Pink fully supports Cindy and what she is doing in Crawford
Sheesh.
Nothin' like teaming up with the cutthroats who murdered your own son.
Yes.
"Support the resistance, save our sons! No, wait, that doesn't sound right. Uh, let me think this over." - Cindy?
In the face of the facts, these reporters are clinging to the Gold Star Mom thing.
Do they not realize that no matter what Bush ever said to her 1) it wouldn't be enough, and 2) she would completely mischaracterize whatever he says.
I'm going to be furious if he takes the bait.
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