Cindy Sheehan: Are Those Crocodile Tears?

http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/malven ^ | 6/17/05 | Will Malven

[WillMalven]

Cindy Sheehan: Are Those Crocodile Tears?

Ordinarily I have a great deal of sympathy for the families of soldiers who die in combat defending our freedom. I lose that sympathy, when I see those same family members using the death or injury of their loved one for political gain.

Cindy Sheehan is pursuing a vendetta of hate against the President that predates the loss of her son. She hates George Bush, not because she believes that he is responsible for her son’s death, but because he “stole the election” in 2000 and again in 2004. She is a willing participant in the campaign of hate that the Left has pursued against President Bush since his victory in 2000. She is currently an active participant in Representative Conyers’ impeachment campaign against the President. This is a woman I watched recite an account of her son's sacrifice without shedding a tear, not a catch in her voice, or even a hesitation; no sign of grief whatsoever. His aunt who was also present was in tears as her sister read her son's story. Did she love her son? Certainly she did, all mothers love their sons; the difference is that most mothers don’t exploit the death of their sons for political purposes. They may, as in the case of MADD, use their tragedy to motivate them to pursue moral crusades to have laws passed, but these women have no political agenda prior to their loss. They are spurred to action by their loss. If Mizzz Sheehan was truly motivated by the loss of her son to pursue the ones who caused his death, she would be out for the head of Muqtada al Sadr, not President Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld.

[WillMalven]

Sorry for the vanity post, but felt this was of interest to all.

Will

[trisham]

What a shame. Her son was a hero.

[peridot]

Thanks for posting this. As a mother whose son served in Desert Storm, I am offended by her actions. The author is right, she should be on the front line in President Bush's fight to stop these killers.

[Alia]

It's an excellent column, WillMalven. It brought tears to my eyes for the sacrifice of Casey Sheehan. I honor him. I honor the choices he made. In re his mother? She does not honor her son's choices and decisions; instead uses "his decisions" to use the proxy of parenthood to politicize his death. It just goes to prove to me, once again, no matter how rough a child's upbringing and/or environment -- they can overcome and go on to be great Americans. To be never forgotten.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

Cindy Sheehan hates George Bush more than she loved her own son.

I will spare her no pity, for she deserves none.

[Trust but Verify]

I sent an email to her telling her that while I sympathize with her loss, she is dishonoring her son by doing what she is doing. She wrote me back with more of the same invective she uses in her writings/rantings about George Bush. She is a sick woman.

[Bahbah]

Thanks. This is a great piece. I was unaware just how fine a young man Casey was, so I really appreciate the information. There is no difference between you and me with regard to our views on the mother.

[randog]

She wrote me back with more of the same invective she uses in her writings/rantings about George Bush.

Did you post the reply on FR? If so, I'd like to read it.

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I think Cindy Sheehan is a warning to all troops--you're misfortune in war will be capitalized upon, even by those you thought you could trust. If I were in the military I'd write a "To Be Opened Upon My Death" letter that states that I went into the military with open eyes; I understood the risks I took; I blame no one for my misfortune; Those that would take advantage of my death can rot in Hell.

[Mr. Silverback]

Dead on, Will. New tagline.

[Trust but Verify]

I haven't posted it, andmight have actually deleted it from my email. i'll check when I get home and ping you if I find it. I feel really sorry for her. Right now, I have a very sick CAT in my house and feel horrible about it. I can't imagine losing a son, but I also think she is channeling her grief in a very destructive way.

[WillMalven]

Man did I stir up a nest of hornets (Liberals)with this one. The haters at www.whatreallyhappened.com discovered my post and have exerpted it on their page...over 1100 hits so far with over 20 hate filled comments. Those idiots can't respond with anything bet hate and obscenity. Shows their true intellectual capacity. I love it!

[Allosaurs_r_us]

It is clear we truly do live in a different world from these left wing MoonBats. From what I have read of her son, he would be ashamed of his own mother. That is a lousy thing to say, but after following his mother's rhetoric, the difference between his ideals and hers are night and day. We can only hope when it is time for her to meet her maker, her son will be standing there to tell her how wrong she has been to exploit his death in order to defame his Commander and Chief.

 

Given the chance the vast majority of soldiers would slap the hell out of anyone that defamed our president.

 

And I would watch their backs so they could!

[mewzilla]

BTTT.

[WillMalven]

I was apparently wrong about Cindy, she is the victim of the Left. People like you have taken a woman who was grieving for her son and turned her into a tool for their own agenda.
She is not asking him to re-evaluate, she is pursuing an agenda of hatred spurred on by groups like Military Families Speak Out, which was formed prior to the War in Iraq, and have been pursuing an anti-Bush anti-war agenda since its inception in September of 2002.
She did not arrive in Crawford aboard a bus with the slogan "Please Reconsider Mr. President" she arrived in a bus with the slogan "Impeach Bush." The two are not equivalent.
Your arguments ring hollow in the face of the information I have uncovered.

[pollyannaish]

Thank you for putting the truth on the table Mr. Malven.

[woofie]

This does not qualify as a "Vanity Post"...

[unixfox]

...stole the election” in 2000 and again in 2004.

If Al Gore or John Kerry had "stole the election" would she hate them? NOT!

[WillMalven]

how so? I wrote it and I posted it.

[woofie]

Its too good...

[WillMalven]

Thanks!

[mystery-ak]

very interesting..

[Shooter 2.5]

Is there any chance we can get his army buddies on record and ask them what Casey thought about the war?

I'm betting he would be ashamed of his mother right now.

[ohioWfan]

Excellent comparison with MADD, Will.

It's as if she, as the mother of a son lost to a drunk driver, is taking vengeance on the policeman who is trying to stop the drunks.

Great article!

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

From what I have read of her son, he would be ashamed of his own mother.

More than a few I have known joined the military at a young age as a way out of a bad home life... For some, the army is the only mother they ever had...

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

For some, the army is the only mother they ever had...

[BibChr]

Sometimes, it's good when the apple falls far from the tree.

Dan

[Sabramerican]

Or maybe a mother is in deep mourning for her fallen son and it has become more difficult to bear as she sees policies that make no sense for the purported aims.

[knuthom]

Link to the archived article
Scroll about halfway down to page to June 17.

[HitmanLV]

I don't doubt her tears are legitimate.

I just think she has cracked up.

Somebody can be sincere and also have fallen down at the same time: they are not mutually exclusive.

[HitmanLV]

I don't doubt her tears are legitimate.

I just think she has cracked up.

Somebody can be sincere and also have fallen down at the same time: they are not mutually exclusive.

[OB1kNOb]

Hey, alt:

Do you like kitties?

[Alia]

In the early 90s -- on cyber posting boards -- it was always Liberals who ranted "YOU DON"T GET IT". It was boring then, it's boring now. It's cheap.

If your son VOLUNTEREED to help someone in a business venture and it turns out that that person LIED and your son ended up in prison for his involvement ... would you respect your son's decision and judgment or would you confront the person who got him imprisoned?

First off, my grown children have this very odd habit of discussing decision-making habits of theirs with .. me. I lay out the risks and odds. We do the research together. And if something bad does happen -- I don't blame others. Nor do my children.

Second your assumption lays in thick that this war is wrong. I think you are entirely incorrect, here. This war has been building towards a head since the 70s. It's about damned time America dealt with it.

Third, Cindy Sheehan's son had already been "in" for four (4) years. He knew exactly what he was getting into. He knew exactly what he thought of this war. And he thought it was the right thing to do -- so much, that he re-enlisted.

Pal, you want me to see this from Cindy's perspective. I can't.

I can, however, ABSOLUTELY share grief and sympathy with her over her son being murdered. For her to experience this prolonged and dramatic hissyfit publically in order to blame EVERYONE ELSE (Bush Admin, specifically) -- is such vile cowardice and immaturity. On the "humanity side" -- I hurt for Cindy Sheehan. She needs to get out of the push/pull of politics, and pull her grief together and get tracked into a process of healing and acceptance.

She couldn't control her son. Her son was a man. He made decisions directing his life that she disagreed with.

She couldn't stop him; she couldn't control him.

IMHO, she is now perfecting the equivalent of a metaphysic abortion on her son. She's still thinking she has some kind of control over her son -- and is using this static energy to play pink politics.

Yes, I hurt for her -- she's emotionally tracked in a dark place from which she may never recover, never understand, and not have peace with her son, and his passing.

I'm sure she has a lot of "If Only I had"isms... and she's using this to blame President Bush and the Admin -- for her son's death. This is folly.

And it is insulting to parents of military throughout the US. Her behavior, her words are insulting. And I'll tell you why:

Every parent of an active duty deployed, in their dark moments -- wishes this war had never happened on their "child's watch". This is normal and natural.

Cindy and her ghoulish groupies are manipulating this in hopes they can bring in voters to an "anti-Republican" agenda.

Do you realize how sick this is? Hardly ever is her son mentioned. It's about her. It's about her "group's political goals".

This is sick, deranged behavior, IMHO. It is macabre, ghoulish, and grotesque.

[MamaB]

That is where I got the information I posted earlier on another thread. I even printed it.

[Alia]

Bless you, WillMalven! You just provided primal scream therapy to those posting at that site over your comments! And you had no idea, eh? You done good.

[Alia]

Well.. Fiddledeedee.. someone zotted before I even knew they'd been zotted, along with their posts. Oh well.

[SandyInSeattle]

You must have struck a nerve.

[Rightfootforward]

Fabulous piece! Truly wonderful. It's not a vanity in my eyes. Must be off. It's time for me to send it to people all around the country. Thanks!

[WillMalven]

You turn my head.

Thanks for the compliment.