Posted on 05/04/2006 12:59:43 PM PDT by pissant
American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan wants the Canadian government to grant sanctuary to U.S. army deserters.
"I'm just here begging the people of Canada to force your government - because your government works for you, ...because your government does not work for war profiteers - to allow our soldiers to have sanctuary up here," she said.
The so-called "Peace Mom" made headlines last year when she staged a month-long demonstration outside U.S. President George W. Bush's Texas ranch to protest the American occupation of Iraq.
Sheehan asked the federal government at a press conference in Ottawa Thursday to create a provision allowing military deserters to flee to Canada so they don't need to apply for refugee status on an individual basis.
Sheehan's 24-year-old son was killed five days after he began serving in Iraq in 2004.
Before her son left, he told Sheehan he disagreed with the war and with the president's decision to send troops.
"I told him, 'I'll do anything. I'll take you to Canada. Let's go to Canada, or if you don't want to go to Canada, then I'll run you over with my car and break your legs,'" she said.
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Doesn't she read the papers? She's in a CONSERVATIVE country now. Go away.
Her 15 minutes were up ages ago.
Wonder how many copies of her book have been sold. ROFL!
Any wonder he chose to live with his father?
Can we plead with Canada to give us sanctuary from the "peace mom" by taking her off our hands?
Yep, about 15 minutes into her crawford campout, in my estimation.
Maybe I am wrong..but wasn't her son doing his second tour in Iraq? I could be wrong..
What the heck is this chik gonna do when the war is over...?
Isn't it also true that her ex husband and her other kids say her son supported the Iraq war and went willingly?
By the way newbie here. Found this by accident.
My screenname refers to the fact I live in Park Ridge, Illinois the hometown of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
She's a disgusting tramp, that would have gladly got on her knees for that Noriega look alike in Venezuela.
Cindy's war will never be over.
No. And we'd don't want Jane Fonda either.
And whate the hell ever happened to all the damn liberals who vowed to move to Canada if Bush was re-elected??
Get the hell over there, you stinking commies.
I know how to end all terrorism.
Threaten to send them Cindy Sheehan, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson and Dick Durbin and they will beg for mercy and turn themselves in to our government to get away!
Good luck you media whore wench! The Canadiens have a new government in charge. You missed that boat.
Fine by me, except I'd rather see them chipping rock in Leavenworth.
Didn't the guy re-enlist?
She's a stinking liar.
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