Useful idiot
Posted on 08/11/2005 8:52:19 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, 24, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004. Now, to add insult to death, his mother is embarrassing herself and his memory by protesting the Iraq occupation near the ranch of President Bush, her deceased son's commander in chief.
My heart aches for this man's memory and what his mother is doing to lessen it following his death
Cindy Sheehan evidently thinks little of her deceased son, his sacrifice or of those left to do the noble work in his absence. How could she? Is the proper answer to her bitterness really to belittle and undermine public support for the efforts of those still serving?
The insurgents were Casey's enemy. The president of the United States is his mother's. What is wrong with this picture? Would he be proud of her near-treasonous actions? Hardly.
This woman is a representative example of typical, illogical anti-war activists. She thinks Bush, not the terrorists, killed her son. She supports those who killed Casey by wanting to pull out and let them kill more innocent people, unhindered. The lady is on the wrong team. She's disgraceful.
If Sheehan wants to continue to make a fool out of herself, I suppose that is her business as a free American. Her son and our brave troops have given her even the right to orderly protest against the very actions providing the freedom that allows her to speak out.
My suggestion to her, however, is that she think about the lives of those still in Iraq. Undermining public support for our efforts in Iraq helps the enemy, her son's murderers. They love people like her, but hate those like her heroic son.
We all can feel bad for the loss Sheehan has experienced. But it is unthinkable that anyone with a child or relative in Iraq should make statements such as she has. Sheehan has said, "I want to ask the president, 'Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?'"
Imagine having had a loved one thousands of miles away in harm's way, and being so disinterested in what he was doing before his death that you did not even know why he was there. She obviously didn't care about the occupation while he was alive; why now? I don't get it.
I suppose I should be more understanding in this matter, yet I am not. Thousands of other mothers have sons and daughters overseas, and I am unwilling to let this particular woman do and say things, unhindered, that might lessen their chances of ever returning home safely. The relatives of those in Iraq, and of those who have perished there, should explain a thing or two to this woman. It is disgraceful to support the enemy, especially when they killed your son.
Casey Sheehan reenlisted, giving his life to protect others and bring freedom to strangers.
These are two very different people.
Jimmy Hall just nailed it and so did you.
Thanks for posting.
Article Launched: 06/24/2004 06:00:00 AM
Bush, Sheehans share moments
By David Henson/Staff Writer
Since learning in April that their son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, had been killed in Iraq, life has been everything but normal for the Sheehan family of Vacaville.
Casey's parents, Cindy and Patrick, as well as their three children, have attended event after event honoring the soldier both locally and abroad, received countless letters of support and fielded questions from reporters across the country.
"That's the way our whole lives have been since April 4," Patrick said. "It's been surreal."
But none of that prepared the family for the message left on their answering machine last week, inviting them to have a face-to-face meeting with President George W. Bush at Fort Lewis near Seattle.
Surreal soon seemed like an understatement, as the Sheehans - one of 17 families who met Thursday with Bush - were whisked in a matter of days to the Army post and given the VIP treatment from the military. But as their meeting with the president approached, the family was faced with a dilemma as to what to say when faced with Casey's commander-in-chief.
"We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled," Cindy said. "The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached."
The 10 minutes of face time with the president could have given the family a chance to vent their frustrations or ask Bush some of the difficult questions they have been asking themselves, such as whether Casey's sacrifice would make the world a safer place.
But in the end, the family decided against such talk, deferring to how they believed Casey would have wanted them to act. In addition, Pat noted that Bush wasn't stumping for votes or trying to gain a political edge for the upcoming election.
"We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us," Pat said.
Sincerity was something Cindy had hoped to find in the meeting. Shortly after Casey died, Bush sent the family a form letter expressing his condolences, and Cindy said she felt it was an impersonal gesture.
"I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis," Cindy said after their meeting. "I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."
The meeting didn't last long, but in their time with Bush, Cindy spoke about Casey and asked the president to make her son's sacrifice count for something. They also spoke of their faith.
While meeting with Bush, as well as Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, was an honor, it was almost a tangent benefit of the trip. The Sheehans said they enjoyed meeting the other families of fallen soldiers, sharing stories, contact information, grief and support.
For some, grief was still visceral and raw, while for others it had melted into the background of their lives, the pain as common as breathing. Cindy said she saw her reflection in the troubled eyes of each.
"It's hard to lose a son," she said. "But we (all) lost a son in the Iraqi war."
The trip had one benefit that none of the Sheehans expected.
For a moment, life returned to the way it was before Casey died. They laughed, joked and bickered playfully as they briefly toured Seattle.
For the first time in 11 weeks, they felt whole again.
"That was the gift the president gave us, the gift of happiness, of being together," Cindy said.
David Henson can be reached at schools@thereporter.com.
In earlier posts I defended her as a grief-striken mom being played by the MSM. Now I've read around and revised my opinion.
I'd advise any others who are charitably giving her the benefit of the doubt to do likewise.
She's trading the noble sacrifice of her son in exchange for blame to lay.
She's more content thinking his life was completely wasted in exchange for someone to blame.
I am guessing she will never be a happy person.
Useful idiot
Flyer handed out at event Cindy Sheehan attended...
I see she chickened-out of a meeting with O'Reilly on his show last night, too.
Her son must be rolling in his grave over the disgraceful bahavior of his mother, and her use of his noble sacrifice to further her own liberal causes.
Malignant Self Love - Narcissism Revisited by Sam Vaknin
How sad for this family. They are watching her self-destruct in public and they have the double burden of not being able to help her. Prayers for all of them.
She's happy now. This attention is like a tonic to her. When it goes away, she'll do anything to get it back. This makes her useful. Her motives are self-serving.
Yes, that amazing apple fell very far from this disturbed tree.
Giving hope that the current crop of leftists can also raise true heroes despite their teachings.
From your LINK.
In response to questions regarding the Cindy Sheehan/Crawford Texas issue:
Sheehan Family Statement:
The Sheehan Family lost our beloved Casey in the Iraq War and we have been silently, respectfully grieving. We do not agree with the political motivations and publicity tactics of Cindy Sheehan. She now appears to be promoting her own personal agenda and notoriety at the the expense of her son's good name and reputation. The rest of the Sheehan Family supports the troops, our country, and our President, silently, with prayer and respect.
Sincerely,
Casey Sheehan's grandparents, aunts, uncles and numerous cousins.
God bless our troops.
"Useful idiots"
...the term Lenin applied to the idiot protesters in the west that helped him in his rise to power...
You are so right....cindy's desperate and dishonest actions bring an unnecessary additional burden to all who loved and respected Casey and who grieve at his passing ~ it must be incredibly painful for this family to watch this circus.
Compare and contrast the way the media is treating this single, narcissistic dim bulb, and the way they ignored the Swift Boat Vets. And the media's not biased?
...Sheehan continued, “9/11 was Pearl Harbor for the neo-conservatives’ agenda” and declared the U.S. government a “morally repugnant system.” Then she raged:
"We have no Constitution. We’re the only country with no checks and balances. We want our country back if we have to impeach George Bush down to the person who picks up the dog sh-t in Washington! Let George Bush send his two little party animals (Jenna and Barbara) to die in Iraq. It’s OK for Israel to have nuclear weapons but we are waging nuclear war in Iraq, we have contaminated the entire country. It’s not OK for Syria to be in Lebanon. Hypocrites! But Israel can occupy Palestine? Stop the slaughter!"
She's a selfish human being.
Sheehan's got problems, alright, not the least of which is that dem libs have pegged her as this year's "Summer Vacation" stunt.
Remember last year about this time...Max Cleland, waiting with his letter at the ranch gate? And next year and the next year and the next year they'll have other "victims" out there in the ditch with other bellyaches, or maybe the same one. It's the demwits only plan: blame Bush. And the MSM reports on it breathlessly, as if it's something new & exciting instead of just another summer rerun.
She undermines the good that our people are doing in Iraq. I heard her on a talk show say that we just slap some paint on a school and call it re-building. Tell that to the Seabees!
http://www.grouchymedia.com/other_videos/divine_intervention/index.cfm
This was actually in the Urinal-Constipation?
MSM bias is as broad as Hillary's beam.
Bump!
She's pathetic.
The poor used, misguided woman.
I think her son enlisted to make amends for his mother. I think she knows it, can't handle the guilt and has lost it.
She's probably been projecting blame on others all her life.
Her son was over 18. He made his own decisions for his own life. I have two young sons, and an active duty military spouse who is set to deploy in the next 6 months. My husbands' mother calls me alot, and she is very upset about his next deployment. My father-in-law is disgusted with the Bush administration and clearly states "we are there for the oil." My husband respects the parents who love him and raised him, but politically, they do not agree. I told my mother in law just yesterday to stop pre-worrying about the upcoming deployment.
I know this woman will never get over the loss of her son. I don't think any parent can. But, bottom line, his death is the fault of the person who killed him.
Hey, Cindy. There's a reason that the uranium used in much of our ammunition is called depleted uranium.
It's called DU because it's been depleted of the radioactive content it originally had, kind of like DU (and the rest of your fellow idiots) is depleted of any semblance of intellect.
Interesting...I don't see the father mentioned at the bottom along with the other family members. Anyone read anything baout where he stands?
That's an important fact. He already knew what he was in for yet volunteered to do it again.
Ask yourself an honest question: Does all of this crap from the left effect you as much as it once did?
I say "No" and the reason is that they have slipped from;
dangerous enemies to people to be concerned about, to where they are now, boring little fleas that really don't amount to very much. Their day is gone. They can change nothing and that fact seems to have sunk in for them more quickly then it has for those on our side. We have won this round. Oh there will always be America hating people in this world and some of them will be in this country, but for now this bunch has petered out and fallen on its face.
They don't rise above BORING anymore.
Even more disgraceful is the people supporting her are the same ones who say they support our troops when they shoot each other, the same ones who rejoice in dead American soldier body counts and revel in the number of American casualties.
Yes. It's a sickening combination.
Sheehan Family Statement (as mentioned this morning on KSFO)
http://www.secondbreakfast.net/archives/002082.html ^ | August 2005 | Cherie Quarterolo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461314/posts
My son returned to Iraq in June, for his third time. Prayers appreciated. Thank you.
GET OUT OF IRAQ NOW
SO ISLAM CAN CONCENTRATE
ON AMERICA
....Patrick Sheehan, Cindy Sheehan husband, supports his wife in her activism, he participates in some events and drives with Cindy when he is not working as a sales representative. He spoke about the toll this work is taking in the family. “If she is not away traveling or speaking, she is home with her laptop, watching news, or talking on the phone…This is important, we try to continue to support her.” ...
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/05/1742719.php
They do the anti-U.S. dance.
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