Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Sheehan is angry with George Bush. Why is she angry with him? Because her son got killed in Iraq.

Let me see if I understand this. Her son voluntarily joined the military knowing he would go to war. He didn't do it knowing he might go to war. He did it knowing he would go to war. Further, when you join the military, you sign up to go where the President says to go. That's part of the gig. Even if you don't like what you have to do, where you have to go, or why you have to fight, you do it.

Casey Sheehan is due honor and respect for doing what many cannot or will not do. He stood tall for America in the most direct way possible. I cannot speak highly enough of our soldiers - my best words fall far short in describing them. This post isn't about him though. It's about his mother and her disgusting opportunistic abuse of his name and sacrifice.

This woman is griping not because her son joined the military, not because her son chose that career, not because her son did what he was supposed to do, and not that he volunteered to do what he did. She's mad...well, because she doesn't like Bush.

I have every sympathy in the world for her as a parent. I would be devastated if I were to lose one of my children. What I would not do is try and attach blame as she has done. The person at fault is some jerk in Iraq that hit him with an RPG as he tried to help this idiot's country out of a cesspit corrupt dictatorship.

From what I've read of this genius, she has the following complaints and/or topics of discussion:

1. We didn't have enough international support for a war.
2. There were no WMDs - any talk of them was a lie.
3. "I want to ask the President, why did he kill my son?"
4. She wants to ask the President what noble cause her son died for.
5. She wants to ask the President why his daughters aren't there.

I am not George Bush, but will respond to these comments nonetheless. Since she has chosen to politicize and otherwise make public her complaints and anger, I will choose to answer her comments publicly.

1. We don't need international support for a war. We are an independent country and we do as we please. This includes the invasion of a country that we find to be threatening. This balderdash about getting 'consensus' is of recent origin and doesn't hold water with me. We don't need to ask permission to do these things, but even if we did, permission was explicit in the CEASE FIRE that said if Saddam did certain things the cease fire would end. Well, he REPEATEDLY violated the terms of the cease fire, and now he's learned what happens when someone does that to us. In addition to that, the reason we didn't have your vaunted 'international support' is because the countries that refused to support us in our endeavors WERE ILLEGALLY SELLING ARMS TO IRAQ DURING THE EMBARGO!
2. There are and were WMDs. Here are some links for you: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120268,00.html ...and... http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1120720,00.html ...and... http://www.blogsforbush.com/mt/archives/001134.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1449176/posts ...and that leads me to ask how many WMDs will be enough before you admit they're actually there?
3. You want to ask the President, "Why did he kill your son?" I want to ask you why you think that the millions of people that would have been murdered by Saddam Hussein and his compadres aren't worth saving. I want to know why you think your son didn't sign up for this war when he knew perfectly well he was going to Iraq when he RE-ENLISTED AFTER FINDING OUT HIS UNIT WAS GOING TO IRAQ!
4. You want to ask what Noble Cause your son died for? I can think of several. To protect freedom. To protect the lives of innocent people. To further the rights of women. To help expand religious freedom in a repressive country. To help establish a representative democracy in Iraq. To protect us from possible WMDs in Iraq.
5. Why aren't George Bush's daughters there? Because they didn't volunteer for it. Your son did.

I have some questions for you now:

1. Why do you think the people of Iraq are any less valuable than our American soldiers? They lived under tyranny and oppression for years, and only our intervention has removed it.
2. Your son volunteered for his duty. George Bush did not force him to join - he did that on his own. Why can't you accept that?
3. Clearly your son felt that his job was honorable and noble and that the war was a worthy action. Why can't you accept his decision to go to war?
4. If you think Bush is so bad, why don't YOU run for President? You want him to back up his claims by sending his daughters in to harms way. It's equally reasonable for you to put yourself up to show what a fantastic job you can do!
5. Why didn't you complain about your son joining the military when all you saw were direct benefits to his doing so?
6. How many people have to be saved by our military before it will be considered 'worth it' by you? Several million aren't enough, so it must be a very large number.

Am I being callous? You're damned right. I'm absolutely disgusted and appalled at this woman using her child's death for political gain. She's parading him down the middle of the street in an effort to push forth a political agendum. She's polluting her son's noble sacrifice by playing stupid games with it.

Bartleby