Posted on 08/07/2005 3:47:59 PM PDT by sdk7x7
I received the following e-mail from CODEPINK: ---
Dear CODEPINK Supporter,
Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in Iraq, is holding vigil in Crawford, Texas until she gets a meeting with George Bush. She has some simple questions to ask him: “Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for? If the cause is so noble, why don’t you send your twins?” She also has a clear demand: “Honor our sacrifices by bringing our nation's sons and daughters home from a war based on lies and deceptions.”
On Saturday, as Cindy marched towards the ranch where Bush is vacationing for 33 days, she and her supporters, including CODEPINK cofounder Diane Wilson, were stopped by local sheriffs, who pushed them into a ditch with fire ants in 100 degree heat. Cindy was undeterred: “I am not leaving until I meet with George Bush and he answers my questions about the death of my son. This is the beginning of the end of the war in Iraq,” she said. (read more: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/codepink/signUp.jsp?key=530)
Inspired by the power of Cindy’s determination Diane pledged that CODEPINK would join her in solidarity by staging a hunger strike. Diane has already begun her fast and many of us are making our way to Crawford to join her, including Ann Wright, former US Army colonel and senior diplomat who resigned after 35 years of service because of the Iraq war. (Cindy, Diane and Ann all have powerful essays in our book Stop The Next War Now: http://www.codepinkalert.org//article.php?id=325).
Knowing that every day lives are being lost in the war on Iraq, Cindy, Diane and Ann have taken an uncompromising position. This is a powerful moment in our struggle that cannot be overlooked by any of us who care deeply about the lives that are being wasted in this immoral war. When we are given the opportunity to witness someone else’s courage in the face of struggle, it is a gift. An even greater gift comes when we are presented with the possibility of joining boldly in that struggle.
Here are ways you can stand with them (click here for more info: http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/codepink/signUp.jsp?key=530):
- Come to Crawford or donate money or miles so others can come
- Fast in solidarity from home
- Spread the word by contacting the press
This vigil and fast follows in the footsteps of all those throughout history who have taken extreme action, putting their own needs aside to save our humanity. We are reminded of another great soul, Robin Cooke, former British Foreign Secretary who, in 2003, resigned from Blair’s cabinet in protest of the invasion of Iraq. Cooke died on Saturday, but his courageous example lives on for all of us to follow until the last foreign soldier leaves Iraq.
In solidarity, Dana, Farida, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Nancy, Rae, and Tiffany
P.S. Please join us in Washington DC on September 24-26 as we rally for the troops to come home (http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/codepink/signUp.jsp?key=443) and make sure you list your reason to get out of Iraq on onemillionreasons.org and pass it on to others (http://www.onemillionreasons.org/).
To help sustain our work and actions, please consider making a donation to CODEPINK today (http://www.codepinkalert.org/donate).
Sorry you lost your son. You lost him by dishonoring his name. His memory and sacrifice belongs to us now. He's a hero to the Iraqi and American People but apparently not to you.
I can understand her responding this way once or twice but it has gone far beyond that. She has turned this into a mission to attack President Bush and what she calls his "murderous policies". She seems to be determined to do all she can to damage Bush's credibility. Whether she intends to or not when she calls Bush a muderer she is campaigning against the war on terror. This kind of talk emboldens our enemy and endangers our military.
Yes I see that. My take, based on the initial reports that Drudge linked today of her original response after meeting GW, is that the leftists have manipulated her when she was in a vulnerable grieving time and managed to twist her around to where she is now attacking GW.
And I agree with the statement that it emboldens etc.
I think its the leftists manipulating a women along with their willing accomplices in the press. who are exploiting her and her loss to their own political ends.
Happy Freeping.
By taking cold-blooded advantage of this shattered soul's grief.
These leftist HAFs, "Hate Amerika Firsters", prove once again, that they are vile beyond words.
Vile.
VILE beyond words.
She already met with him.
Oh, they were saying earlier today that a local politician threatened to have her arrested.
Are you sure he is dead lady and not just hiding from your stupidity?
You're so right. Liberals are shameless and they're playing this woman like a fiddle at a time when she is the most vulnerable. Some day hopefully she will see how they used her. That is unless she's just a very willing participant.
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