And I guess the rightist woofbats don't go too far when they call for the impeachment of the Commander in Chief. I guess that wouldn't have an affect on "the morale and fighiting spirit of our troops."
Posted on 08/30/2005 10:04:59 PM PDT by goldstategop
Through hurricane and tornado, the Cindy Sheehan bandwagon rolls on. In their haste to assault President Bush and the war in Iraq, Sheehan's allies have ignored her extremism. They have ignored her attempt to undermine other military families and to destroy the morale of troops still in combat. Those on the radical anti-war left are only too happy to trumpet Sheehan's disgusting message. Freed from the burden of having to defend just why their arguments sound so suspiciously like those of our enemies, leftist media members salivate greedily for each new sound bite. Members of the media have been waiting months to utilize American body bags as weapons against the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. In the form of Cindy Sheehan, they see their opportunity.
But Sheehan herself is no victim of exploitation. She is proud of what she has to say. Believing in her own moral invincibility (yes, even at the expense of other military parents), Sheehan has unleashed her viciousness and hatred. Yes, everyone is sympathetic to her plight. But contrary to Maureen Dowd's zealous proclamation that Cindy Sheehan has "absolute moral authority," Sheehan can go -- and has gone -- too far.
Sheehan has used her personal "moral authority" to tear down America's moral authority abroad. Our foreign policy has long been based on the principle that spreading American values across the globe will benefit all involved. America will benefit by living in a world that values liberty and freedom. And the rest of the world will benefit by being rid of its corrupt, oppressive governments. President Theodore Roosevelt expressed the idea well: "Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation."
But Sheehan clearly does not believe that American values are superior or should be spread. According to Sheehan, her son Casey died for no good reason. If Sheehan meets with President Bush again, she announced, "I'm gonna say, 'And you tell me, what the noble cause is that my son died for.' And if he even starts to say freedom and democracy, I'm gonna say, 'bulls---. You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East. You tell me that, you don't tell me my son died for freedom and democracy.' Cuz, we're not freer. You're taking away our freedoms. The Iraqi people aren't freer, they're much worse off than before you meddled in their country."
These are sentiments reserved for the most radical members of the anti-war movement. These are sentiments that echo precisely the words of Osama Bin Laden and his ilk. "[O]ppression and the intentional killing of innocent women and children is a deliberate American policy," Bin Laden stated in a 2004 tape sent to Al Jazeera. "Destruction is freedom and democracy, while resistance is terrorism and intolerance. … The policy of the White House that demands the opening of war fronts to keep busy their various corporations -- whether they be working in the field of arms or oil or reconstruction -- has helped Al Qaeda to achieve these enormous results."
How is any of this different from Sheehan's insistence that America goes to war for oil and corporate gain?
How is any of this different from Sheehan's belief that Iraqis are worse off now than under the regime of Saddam Hussein?
How is any of this different from Sheehan's contention that President Bush is "the biggest terrorist in the world," a "filth-spewer and warmonger," an "evil maniac," a "war criminal"?
How is any of this different from Sheehan's statement that Iraqi terrorists are actually "freedom fighters"?
Sheehan's words are despicable. Dissent is valuable and necessary. Demeaning American values, slandering the President of the United States, openly sympathizing with the murderers of American soldiers -- none of it is valuable or necessary. It is reprehensible and repulsive. No exceptions, Mrs. Sheehan.
Pain and grief are powerful emotions. They mandate our sympathy. But our sympathy for a grieving mother cannot and should not outweigh our sympathy and support for the men and women still fighting to promulgate American values and protect American freedoms -- and their parents. Even Cindy Sheehan can go too far.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Hanoi Cindy is sooooo yesterdays news. The nation is getting pretty annoyed by it. Even the Holloway story looks good these days.
"According to Sheehan, her son Casey died for no good reason. If Sheehan meets with President Bush again, she announced, "I'm gonna say, 'And you tell me, what the noble cause is that my son died for.'"
For someone who didn't even raise the child she so grieved about, she sure does spread the manure!
"For someone who didn't even raise the child she so grieved about..."
Details, please, if you would be so kind. I thought the Sheehans were a happy, lefty, modern Catholic family, at least up until Bushitler murdered her child.
What you allude would fit well with my new theory of unresolved issues between mother and sadly dead son.
One columnist here in the PHilippines in the MBulletin actually compared her to Ghandi...and the "international news" section has had three Maureen dowd columns in the last ten days...
Alas, my telephone is down or I would have called or written him an email...
When the conservative paper here mouths the Dems, it is because they prefer to be bighearted government so they can get rich...and they ignore that the Phil pres is taking anti impreachment lessons from her former classmate, bill Clinton...
Any Philippine freepers? We need a conservative movement here...
sedition
Cindy hasn't gone far enough. She's STILL in the United States.
The demoralization of our troops and populace is not a by-product of the free expression of their dissent--it is their goal--they know they are in the minority---it is psy-ops against the nation and they are totally aware of what they are doing---they are knowing traitors who should be dealt with accordingly.
The Democratic Party's reluctance to embrace her publicly says alot. This party knows precisely what this woman, and the company she keeps, is all about. They are ashamed of this baggage in their party, but they can't win without them.
I'm NOT a Cindy sympathizer... but, what do you mean for a child she didn't raise? Did I miss something?
And I guess the rightist woofbats don't go too far when they call for the impeachment of the Commander in Chief. I guess that wouldn't have an affect on "the morale and fighiting spirit of our troops."
Every Senator, after declaring Sheehans rights to demonstrate, must state emphatically their own position on Sheehans statements. If our Senators do not reject, contradict, or disavow Sheehan's statements of this last month, then in their silence they agree or support her words.
Are our Senators with or against our fight on terrorism.
Which Senators want to cut and run.
I want our Senators to vote their position!
Thanks Beth! Relates to this: Who raised Casey ;-)
We are getting Ben Shapiro's radio show here. He sounded a little rusty or nervous. Sounded like he was reading or something. He also needs to let the callers talk. Last night he had a woamn who had a son in Iraq (the woman said she was anti-war during Vietnam but supports this war) yet Ben just sort of cut her off. I thought she had something interesting to say but Ben cut her off so he could talk more about a Boston Globe columnist.
You are very welcome!I just came across this and thought people should know her husband does not support what this woman is doing..What a pathetic creature she is for dragging her son down to suit herself and her supporters..DNC/Moore/Soros/Kerry..
I am wondering why Sheehan and the human debris around her don't do something worthwhile by skipping the Hate America Tour, and going to Alabama and Louisiana and helping some people. They are not that far away. I imagine they would get more support than the hate filled, anti Semetic, America hating vitriol they find necessary to spew whereever a camera can be found.
They have buses, satellite communications, generators etc., yet not a one has mentioned helping out rather than tearing down. They want to protest a Blue Angels demonstration for God's sake! Is that more important than all the homeless in New Orleans or Biloxi?
Could this pack of human flotsam be more worthless to the country? This clearly demonstrates that they could not.
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