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May 29, 2007

Cindy Sheehan

by John F.

(In the news today Cindy Sheehan said she is stepping away from the spotlight forever)

Regarding Cindy Sheehan, it is about time. Not that I don't support her right to speak out against the war, but in allowing herself to be exploited by the anti war movement, she did a dis-service to the memory of her son. A son,

who by the accounts of the father who raised him and the rest of his family, went into the military and into this war with his eyes wide open, He believed in his mission and gave his life fighting for it. He was a hero. She used her position, as the person who gave birth to him, to cheapen his sacrifice.

How would you anti war people feel, if a young man was drafted, kicking and screaming into the military, and sent to fight in a war, he was vocally against and died. Then his absentee father, who had little to do with him as he was raised, used his death, as propaganda of how great that war was and that his son was a hero and would want him to get the, "support the war" message out etc. etc. and basically lied about his duty, how would you feel? Be honest with yourself. If you can, then you will know how I feel about Cindy Sheehan; she used her son's memory for her own self edification.

Last year there were numerous mothers of Military People, killed in Iraq, who went on a trip to Crawford, to counter the Sheehan circus. By numerous, I mean more than one, in fact there was a group and a lot more (Gold Star Mothers) who financially and morally supported the Mothers who could make the trip. They knew their sons and knew their commitment to their duty, and they Honored their memory. Of course you wouldn't have heard about it in any detail in the mainstream media. As far as they (the media) or the liberal left are concerned, Cindy Sheehan is the only one who has lost a son, who isn't brainwashed by this President.

Sheehan stated that her message somehow got lost and she did not want to be an "Attention Whore." Hmm, Imagine how her son would feel about the message he tried to send, and what the majority of America knows of him. Not that he fought bravely, and willingly, but that he was Cindy Sheehan's son.

The man deserves so much more. But apparently she didn't give it to him when he was alive, and wouldn't even after he was dead. Sheehan laments that when she criticized the Democrats, I guess the way they succumbed to the true majority opinion that the war should be funded, they turned on her! Perhaps had she learned about honor from her son, she would have sided with more honorable people.

Posted by Post Scripts at May 29, 2007 10:18 PM

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Well said!!!

Posted by: Jack at May 30, 2007 08:18 PM

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