Get back in the box, Cindy!
Posted on 08/23/2005 7:48:07 AM PDT by kristinn
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq whose August antiwar vigil in Crawford, Texas has captured the nation's attention as she camped out on the side of a road leading to President Bush's ranch demanding a meeting with him, called the foreign terrorists in Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' during her first meeting with reporters when she arrived in Crawford, August 6--remarks that when unreported until now.
Mrs. Sheehan also expressed sympathy for Iraqis who have used car bombs and suicide bombings to fight the American-led coalition forces in Iraq.
Video of her incendiary remarks were found on a link from the website of Veterans for Peace, one of the groups that accompanied Mrs. Sheehan to Crawford.
Surrounded by reporters with notepads, tape recorders and video cameras, Mrs. Sheehan spoke freely in response to a question by CBS News' Mark Knoller.
Mr. Knoller asked, "You know that the president says Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism, don't you believe that?"
Mrs. Sheehan replied, "No, because it's not true. You know Iraq was no threat to the United States of America until we invaded. I mean they're not even a threat to the United States of America. Iraq was not involved in 9/11, Iraq was not a terrorist state. But now that we have decimated the country the borders are open, freedom fighters from other countries are going in and they (America) have created more terrorism by going to an Islamic country, devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country. The terrorism is growing and people who never thought of being car bombers or suicide bombers are now doing it because they want the United States of America out of their country."
The video was shot by an unknown person who accompanied Mrs. Sheehan on her bus ride from the Veterans for Peace convention, held in in Dallas, to Crawford.
The video also contains footage of Mrs. Sheehan talking strategy on the bus ride from Dallas. In response to a fellow activist who mentions remarks by a woman from the Austin Peace and Justice Center that, "The polls are plumeting, people are dying--now's the time," a smiling Mrs. Sheehan says, "Momentum," and adds that they need to "press the advantage."
The end of the thirty minute video shows the confrontation between Mrs. Sheehan and sheriffs when the activist's march to the president's ranch was stopped because the group violated their agreement to march in the ditch along the road by walking on the road itself.
An emotional Mrs. Sheehan is seen pleading with the sheriffs to be allowed to continue, swearing repeatedly that she did not walk on the road, that she kept her promise to them to walk in the ditch.
Immediately after the confrontation, Mrs. Sheehan says she did walk on the road, but just a little bit, because she's afraid of snakes.
It was a performance any parent of an eight-year-old knows well, but rather pathetic coming from a grown woman.
As many observers know, Mrs. Sheehan has gotten a free ride from the mainstream media. Were it not for the research of Freepers that has been picked up by the likes of Matt Drudge, Bill O'Reilly and Christopher Hitchens, the public would not be aware of Mrs. Sheehan's radical politics and disingenuousness.
As documented by the video, the mainstream press knew of Mrs. Sheehan's remarks on her first day in Crawford where she called foreign terrorists entering Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' and expressed her sympathy for car bombers and suicide bombers, yet chose not to inform the American people about them.
There's a scandal here, and it's not just Mrs. Sheehan's sympathy for the terrorists.
I just clicked on it and it worked. Do you have Quicktime plugin installed on your PC?
P.S> Kristinn found mention of it online earlier in the week, and he dug around until he located it last night. Great sleuthing work by Kristinn.
Get back in the box, Cindy!
"devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country."
Doesn't she realize that she is putting her son in the 'pillaging and murdering' category? They say such hateful things about the troops but then they turn around and say that they support them???
It's very SLOW to load. Patience. Freepers everywhere are probably overloading Indymedia's server.
How 'bout for the rest of us deprived, non-techie saps? Any EASY way to view this video link??
She realizes it, and I honestly think she's angry with him because of it. I think that's one of the twisted reasons she's on this crusade of hers--she's getting back at the son who had the nerve to go against her wishes.
It's like watching a five year old...
So her son was killed by a freedom fighter? She must be so proud of the man who killed her son. She is obviously ashamed of her son who volunteered to supress the libertarian dreams of these freedom loving car bomb makers and suicide bombers. It is no wonder she spends all of her waking hours pissing on his grave.
She a real piece of work in that video
Says and does on thing in front of friends and acts completely different in front of the cameras
Here is an audio of her interview with Bill Press
BINGO!
I'm not a shrink, but, I do believe you have figured it out right to it's roots! The rule: Always analyze WHY people do things, the deep underlying reasons, especially when the behavior is strange or quixotic. I think you have done that in an excellent manner.
Thanks oldleft. Just when I gave up trying to see the video, it started up -- the series of scenes of Cindy and her entourage lasts about 25 minutes long, and is well worth the watching.
BINGO!
I'm not a shrink, but, I do believe you have figured it out right to it's roots! The rule: Always analyze WHY people do things, the deep underlying reasons, especially when the behavior is strange or quixotic. I think you have done that in an excellent manner.
Thank you. It just took a long time to come up. And it was well worth the wait.
Boy, George Orwell certainly was spot-on about the Memory Hole, wasn't he?
I take it that CBS News' Mark Knoller never mentioned this in his reporting?
Thank You! If we can get this video to Hannity I hope he puts it on tv.
Bookmarked. Thanks.
"I take it that CBS News' Mark Knoller never mentioned this in his reporting?"
CBS covering up for a Bush basher? Naaah. That never happens.
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