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  • Casey Sheehan Was Not a Helpless Child(Mark Steyn Opines)

    08/26/2005 2:54:03 PM PDT · by kellynla · 28 replies · 1,506+ views
    The Orange County Register ^ | August 26, 2005 | Mark Steyn
    Cindy Sheehan's son Casey died in Sadr City last year, and that fact is supposed to put her beyond reproach. For as The New York Times' Maureen Dowd informed us: "The moral authority of parents who bury children killed in Iraq is absolute." Really? Well, they're not children killed in Iraq; they're grown-ups who made their own decision to join the military. That seems to be difficult for the left to grasp. Ever since America's all-adult, all-volunteer army went into Iraq, the anti-war crowd has made a sustained effort to characterize them as "children." If a 13-year old wants to...