Posted on 08/11/2006 10:32:54 AM PDT by kristinn
It was at the Veterans for Peace national convention in Dallas last year that Cindy Sheehan says she was galvanized to seek a meeting with President Bush at his Crawford, Texas, ranch.
The result was a 26-day sit-down protest near Bush's ranch that attracted common folk and luminaries from across the nation, rejuvenating the anti-war movement. On Thursday, Sheehan, who became a peace activist after her soldier son, Casey, was killed in Iraq in 2004, was at the Veterans for Peace national convention at the University of Washington.
Now almost 40 days into her fast supporting war resisters and their families, Sheehan, though weak, announced that she is offering land she bought in Crawford near Bush's ranch as a refuge for U.S. troops who desert to resist the war in Iraq.
"What is the noble cause that my son died for in Iraq?" Sheehan asked, echoing her remarks from last year as she spoke Thursday on the steps of the HUB on the UW campus.
Joined by conscientious objectors from the Vietnam War, the 1991 Persian Gulf War and Iraq, Sheehan said she decided to offer her land because 12,000 more U.S. troops are being deployed to Iraq, calling the war "this nightmare, and it's breaking my heart."
Sheehan is among what Veterans for Peace leaders bill as an "all-star cast of war resisters" in Seattle this week. At least 425 of its 5,000 membership signed up for the convention, which opened Thursday with calls for disengagement by the United States in Iraq and Israel in Lebanon. Gray-haired veterans from the Vietnam War joined fresh-faced veterans from the current war. Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Seattle, a Navy doctor in Vietnam and early opponent of the war in Iraq, is slated to speak to the group today.
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Also, the reporter fell for Cindy's lie that she's fasting. Consuming 500 calorie Jamba Juice Smoothies and vanilla ice cream does not constitute a fast, un;ess you're a moonbat.
Also, the reporter repeats the lie that Baghdad Jim McDermott is a Vietnam vet. Jim served in the Navy from 1968-70 in beautiful (and peaceful) Long Beach, California.
Did they ask her about her affair with Lew Rockwell?
Hey! The NVA didn't invade Long Beach, now did they? ;)
What's the penalty for aiding and abetting fugitive felons?
Is aiding and abetting a deserter a federal offense?
Poor gal must be miserable about the slow news during her ritual in TX.....
I LOVE IT!
what's a moonbat to do without all the eyes on them....
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
That is why she is in seattle not in crawford.
I loved the weak part due to her chain fast.
Being AWOL, however, has been "hell," he said, not only because of rifts in his family, but also because of "the uncertainty of not knowing if I will be caught as a deserter or if I should go public and turn myself in. I am constantly back and forth; it's always on my mind."
Oh yeah, he's certainly worse off than members of his unit that deployed.
can you imagine living with thei woman.....
oh- I'm sorry......that will ruin a man's sex drive for weeks.......
Desertion can be difined as treason in certain cases. Both are punishable by death. Perhaps aiding and abetting could and should be too..
This lady is an embarassment to her son..
At least any of the POS deserters who take her up on her offer will be easy to find...
maybe I'll spell defined right next time...
Maybe she thinks her 5 acres is a soverign nation
If you'd tried this in Syria or Iran, they would've summarily stomped your guts out, Cindy. With comments like this, no wonder dad has divorced you and your family has disowned you. I hope you like the company of your fellow moonbats around Christmas-time and your birthday because your relatives will be bouncing you right out of the neighborhood if you show your face there.
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
"Oh yeah, he's certainly worse off than members of his unit that deployed."
I don't believe he is a deserter. "away without leave"? Uhhh, yeah. My money is on regular guy looking for attention.
That *almost* makes me want to see Janet Reno get a special appointment as Chief Fire Marshal over at the Justice Department.
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