Posted on 08/23/2005 7:48:07 AM PDT by kristinn
Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq whose August antiwar vigil in Crawford, Texas has captured the nation's attention as she camped out on the side of a road leading to President Bush's ranch demanding a meeting with him, called the foreign terrorists in Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' during her first meeting with reporters when she arrived in Crawford, August 6--remarks that when unreported until now.
Mrs. Sheehan also expressed sympathy for Iraqis who have used car bombs and suicide bombings to fight the American-led coalition forces in Iraq.
Video of her incendiary remarks were found on a link from the website of Veterans for Peace, one of the groups that accompanied Mrs. Sheehan to Crawford.
Surrounded by reporters with notepads, tape recorders and video cameras, Mrs. Sheehan spoke freely in response to a question by CBS News' Mark Knoller.
Mr. Knoller asked, "You know that the president says Iraq is the central front in the war on terrorism, don't you believe that?"
Mrs. Sheehan replied, "No, because it's not true. You know Iraq was no threat to the United States of America until we invaded. I mean they're not even a threat to the United States of America. Iraq was not involved in 9/11, Iraq was not a terrorist state. But now that we have decimated the country the borders are open, freedom fighters from other countries are going in and they (America) have created more terrorism by going to an Islamic country, devastating the country and killing innocent people in that country. The terrorism is growing and people who never thought of being car bombers or suicide bombers are now doing it because they want the United States of America out of their country."
The video was shot by an unknown person who accompanied Mrs. Sheehan on her bus ride from the Veterans for Peace convention, held in in Dallas, to Crawford.
The video also contains footage of Mrs. Sheehan talking strategy on the bus ride from Dallas. In response to a fellow activist who mentions remarks by a woman from the Austin Peace and Justice Center that, "The polls are plumeting, people are dying--now's the time," a smiling Mrs. Sheehan says, "Momentum," and adds that they need to "press the advantage."
The end of the thirty minute video shows the confrontation between Mrs. Sheehan and sheriffs when the activist's march to the president's ranch was stopped because the group violated their agreement to march in the ditch along the road by walking on the road itself.
An emotional Mrs. Sheehan is seen pleading with the sheriffs to be allowed to continue, swearing repeatedly that she did not walk on the road, that she kept her promise to them to walk in the ditch.
Immediately after the confrontation, Mrs. Sheehan says she did walk on the road, but just a little bit, because she's afraid of snakes.
It was a performance any parent of an eight-year-old knows well, but rather pathetic coming from a grown woman.
As many observers know, Mrs. Sheehan has gotten a free ride from the mainstream media. Were it not for the research of Freepers that has been picked up by the likes of Matt Drudge, Bill O'Reilly and Christopher Hitchens, the public would not be aware of Mrs. Sheehan's radical politics and disingenuousness.
As documented by the video, the mainstream press knew of Mrs. Sheehan's remarks on her first day in Crawford where she called foreign terrorists entering Iraq (AKA al Qaeda in Iraq) 'freedom fighters' and expressed her sympathy for car bombers and suicide bombers, yet chose not to inform the American people about them.
There's a scandal here, and it's not just Mrs. Sheehan's sympathy for the terrorists.
They think Cindy is a hero
The way think twist things to what they want to see and hear is amazing
Yesterday, I listened to Randi Rhodes from Air America talk about that 9/11 Documentary that was on National Geographic
She was praising Clinton for trying to stop Bin Laden when he was in office
Get it before it's disappeared, ping.
...freedom fighters from other countries...
Let's see, Ms. Sheehan. Which countries would those be? Syria. Saudi Arabia. Iran. Yup, real bastions of freedom those countries are. Yup, we really want to emulate them, all right.
Good gad.
See my post #88 in this thread for the answer to this question, and many others. Of course, it's just my opinion. I'm sure I'll hear from others that "she's a grieving mother, you just can't say that." And of course, I will respectfully disagree.
I found another video where Cindy claims that our government was starving the troops and rationed them to use only 3 bullets per day
That's two of us.
I just can't believe what they believe, they are all nuts! 10 times bin Laden was OFFERED to Clinton! He passed! Shaking my head violently!
Here's a thread about an email Cindy sent to an Iraqi blogger, she said she doesn't blame the "Iraqi" that killed her son, she blames Bush
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1467586/posts
She said the same thing last week during a conference call with reporters, for some reason they didn't find it newsworthy.
http://media.nationalreview.com/073715.asp
Here's the transcript of the call
http://www.kansascity.com/multimedia/kansascity/archive/opinion/Sheehan_transcript.pdf
Rush is doing a superb job of addressing Ms. Sheehan and her miserable supporters and telling it like it is about Clinton...
Go Rush!
They posted it themselves on a leftist website. Not the sharpest crayons in the box.
Is this the same clip that was shown on O'Reilly last night? If so, she used the "F" word and wasn't sounding her camera-ready "rehearsed" self on that video. What a FAKE!
FAKE MOM, FAKE CROSSES, FAKE SYMPATHY FOR HER SON.
GO HOME CINDY!!!!!!!
All I gotta say is FOAD Cindy!! I would really love a one-on-one with this woman just to get in her face for a little bit....just 5 minutes....2 minutes....anything!
LOL, as you can tell I don't cruise the lefty sites! I know that some brave Freepers do! I count on them! Lefties, well they are entertaining provided they are out of power.
"Rush is doing a superb job of addressing Ms. Sheehan and her miserable supporters and telling it like it is about Clinton...
Go Rush!"
I love the way Rush blasted the MSM, Hagel, and Biden.
I've been listening to them and reading the blog in an attempt to get a handle on their way of thinking
They are so out there ... there is no rhyme or reason to their thinking .. accept they think that Bush is the worse terrorists that the world has ever had and he's a Hitler
They President could give a 20 minute speech and they will grab a word or a sentence and just harp non stop over it till it is twisted completely out of context
Her "freedom fighter" comment is around minute 6 of the movie....if any of you want to fast forward to the goods.
He's "so on target" as caller said, that he's gotta take a time out! LOL
She now supports Casey's death?
She has more sympathy for those who killed him.
She never cared about Casey. It appears she used him as a political prop long before he was killed by her friends in Iraq.
The Camp Casey anti-Americans still don't understand why normal Americans are repulsed by them. Yes, they certainly are useful idiots.
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