And the truth....shall set you free!
Last week while surfing the net, I heard about Cindy Sheehan for the first time even though I guess she's been camped out in front of George Bush's ranch for about two weeks now. Apparently, all she wanted was a chance to meet with President Bush after her son was killed in Iraq. No problem there (in principle - of course, we can't have every family who lost a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan meeting with President Bush), however, it now appears that her ulterior motives are coming to the front.
At first, she was just opposing the war - something I would expect from a mother of a son who died in Iraq. She could be called selfish for demanding a meeting with the President, but if all she wanted was to ask some questions and get some answers, where's the harm in that? But now...what is Cindy Sheehan doing? Why, calling for Israel to get out of Palestine of course.
And it's not just that...she also is refusing to pay taxes now.
Her son went to fight in the Iraq war because he believed in the cause. The fact that you don't Ms. Sheehan is fine. You didn't believe in the war before your son died, and now you believe in it even less. But you've already met with the President. Meeting with him again will do no good. He's not suddenly going to join the side of the Palestinians - peace in the Middle East just isn't that simple. He's not going to allow every family member of every soldier that died to not pay taxes in 2004 - really - what's the point of that? And he's not going to be impeached like you are calling for.
What began as mourning your son has turned into a media circus. You're now a pawn for all the MoveOn.org crazies. If you had just camped outside the ranch for two weeks and not gained national media exposure, you probably would have had a second meeting with President Bush. But he can't now. No matter how many crazy demands you make or crazy sentiments you express. No matter how horrible it must be to have lost your son in Iraq. Such is the cost of war. Such is the cost of freedom.
URL: DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005�
Last week while surfing the net, I heard about Cindy Sheehan for the first time even though I guess she's been camped out in front of George Bush's ranch for about two weeks now. Apparently, all she wanted was a chance to meet with President Bush after her son was killed in Iraq. No problem there (in principle - of course, we can't have every family who lost a son or daughter in Iraq or Afghanistan meeting with President Bush), however, it now appears that her ulterior motives are coming to the front.
At first, she was just opposing the war - something I would expect from a mother of a son who died in Iraq. She could be called selfish for demanding a meeting with the President, but if all she wanted was to ask some questions and get some answers, where's the harm in that? But now...what is Cindy Sheehan doing? Why, calling for Israel to get out of Palestine of course.
"You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism," Sheehan declares.Say what? How does losing your son in Iraq translate into getting Israel out of Palestine? That just makes no sense at all. Mourning your son is all fine and well, but turning his death into a way to get national media attention for Palestine? That's just crazy.
And it's not just that...she also is refusing to pay taxes now.
Sheehan, who is asking for a second meeting with President Bush, says defiantly: "My son was killed in 2004. I am not paying my taxes for 2004. You killed my son, George Bush, and I don't owe you a penny...you give my son back and I'll pay my taxes. Come after me (for back taxes) and we'll put this war on trial."OK, let's get this straight. You think you don't have to pay taxes now? And this is related to your son dying how? Sounds like she cares less and less about her son now and would rather have her political agenda at the forefront and also make some money at the same time.
Her son went to fight in the Iraq war because he believed in the cause. The fact that you don't Ms. Sheehan is fine. You didn't believe in the war before your son died, and now you believe in it even less. But you've already met with the President. Meeting with him again will do no good. He's not suddenly going to join the side of the Palestinians - peace in the Middle East just isn't that simple. He's not going to allow every family member of every soldier that died to not pay taxes in 2004 - really - what's the point of that? And he's not going to be impeached like you are calling for.
What began as mourning your son has turned into a media circus. You're now a pawn for all the MoveOn.org crazies. If you had just camped outside the ranch for two weeks and not gained national media exposure, you probably would have had a second meeting with President Bush. But he can't now. No matter how many crazy demands you make or crazy sentiments you express. No matter how horrible it must be to have lost your son in Iraq. Such is the cost of war. Such is the cost of freedom.
URL: DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005�
posted by Blake | 09:36
1 Comments:
I love how Cindy Sheehan is unintendedly getting all of the extreme right wingers to be pro-taxes. :-D.
Actually, I am not sure if I support her. I do fully support giving the war a human face, which it's hard to argue against the fact that our administration is doing it's best to avoid that. We do not count civilian deaths in a war without an opposing military? We do not allow any photographs to be taken of returning coffins? Sure, that last one signals respect for grief. It's just another layer of this numbing that our government favors.
When someone like Sheehan speaks out about her son's death, or when the soldiers featured in the early 2004 issue of Mother Jones (god knows when it was) - the opposition of the war from these people just breaks my heart. It's one thing for someone like me to feel that our war is unjust, unfounded, and spiraling us deeper and deeper into a world of violence, poverty, terrorism, and hatred - but for people who actually have connections? that's powerful to me.
I'm glad she is sharing. Here endeth your counterpoint.
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