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.
Keep talking Cindy
Come on, Cindy, say something about Israel.
She's obviously not going to say any of the incidinary things on this show that would prove her quite insane.
They plan on never leaving, is that what she said?
Why this loopy person receives so much attention from the MSM is a good question, but I somehow suspect that the MSM won't dwell even a moment on Sheehan's associations with these vilest types of groups.
I agree shes a pure anti war NUT. But I have some liberal friends who are against any war, any time. When I ask why they didn't protest or start going ballistic during Clintons war in Bosnia [ I never heard anything from the left about that one]I never get an answer. They just shrug and walk away. Could it be its just about hating George Bush?! Hhhmmmm
Good story but one must ask, why is it in "breaking news?"
This news surprises who, exactly?
Chris .. are you thinking of running for Congress
Cindy .. No, not this time ..
She did? But aren't those the people who ATTACKED US, and she's against that war, too?
The thing I'm thinking is this: when they tire of her, she's going to do something even more outrageous to get that press coverage back.
That she is!
ROFLMAO
Chrissy asks Cindy if she is going to run for Congress...
she says not this time, I am a one issue person, and I know A LOT ABOUT IRAQ, but nothing else..
THIS, right after she stood there and said that NO food, NO water, NO electricity, NO medicine, NO doctors...puh-llleeeze--
She knows nothing about Iraq...
I wish Chris Matthews had asked if she would have felt the same if her son had died in Normandy. I know what the answer would have been.
Cindy's 15 minutes of fame have about run out and the clock is still ticking. As soon as Bush goes back to Washington, she will discover what it's like to be really, REALLY alone - and no audience to watch her continued self-destruction.
Truer than you might think.
I believe what may be at the root of this for her is her guilt over her bad relationship with her son. Now she can't repair it and it's killing her. Literally.
1 a.m. EDT!
She will. She will run. Sooner or later.
She'd feel the same about any war we got involved in. The idea of the US doing anything in pursuit of our interests, let alone the interests of the West, is antithetical to these haters within. They want world revolution, and any who promise it are their pals.
Matthews ... who is the enemy in Iraq
Me .. Matthews is a BLEEPING Moron
Wow, this woman is kicking Chris' butt.............she knows more than he does!
I thought that answer about the "abused wife" was DEAD ON and I was cheering her...
Now, this Iraqi woman is thanking Americans and the troops.
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