Posted on 09/26/2005 6:39:53 PM PDT by Mom of Two Soldiers
OPEN LETTER TO CINDY SHEEHAN:
Residing in the same town as you once resided and knowing your family, I must ask you, "Whatever are you thinking?"
Your son was the one who encouraged my youngest son to enlist. You were very proud of Casey and what he was doing then and he believed very much in what he was doing.
After Casey was killed, my eldest was one of the local airmen who brought him home, facing hostile fire to do so, so you would not not have to wait.
My daughter comforted you and your family. You two spent hours and hours engaged in heartfelt grief. At that time, you were very, very supportive of the President, of our soldiers and of what was occurring in Iraq.
Cindy, you've changed since the Kerry campaign contacted you in early July of last summer. You're not the same grieving mom, especially after you started traveling on the road to support John Kerry's campaign.
You've turned into a political puppet for those who are exploiting you and its not pretty nor does it do anything for Casey's memory. You're not the same, quiet compassionate woman we saw at church or downtown, when you proudly sat as the entire town showed up on Memorial Day to honor Casey and Mike Williams.
How can you justify berating the President for honoring the soldiers who died while protecting America and following the directives of the Congress and the Senate? How can you consistently state that you don't want your son's name to be acknowledged by him and on the same hand, turn around and use the name of Joe Williams' Mike, as an example for your cause despite the many requests of the family for you not to do so? How could you print Mike's name in your anti-war advertisement in the newspaper even after seeing the grief and effort his mother went through to go to Crawford to personally remove it from your cross. You knew it caused them pain.
Mike died honorably and his father, a Vietnam vet is very proud of him. He believed in what he was doing, just like Casey. How could you bring so much pain to the Williams family and so much pain to a nation because of your own anger?
Cindy, how can you do this to your kids who don't know how to explain your actions to anyone here in town? They went through a lot last summer and still are.
The hours, days and weeks following Casey's death were emotionally gut wrenching as many of us with children, husbands, wives, friends and other loved ones in the military comforted you while living with the fears for our own loved ones over there. Everyone went above and beyond because we all believed and still believe in how very right, honorable and courageous our loved ones are in their mission to keep America safe.
We all went through considerable anguish when Casey died and I suspect none moreso than you. But how can you justify your anguish and place it on a higher level than that of Joe Williams?
The treatment you've returned to everyone is inexcusable. Placing Mike Williams' name on a cross despite the family's objections was unforgiveable and the reaction of Mike's mother when she saw it was heartbreaking.
What you are doing to neighbors, to friends, Casey's battle buddies and to a nation of people who are having to relieve the ugly pain of the late 60s and the 70s is unfair.
This is about you, Cindy. Not about anyone else. When you turn your back on your neighbors, your friends, your family and act in this manner, it only evidences that there is no consideration toward anyone or anything else.
Finally, and most disturbing, how can you support a group that supported John Kerry, who on April 7th, on National Public Radio stated that Al Sadr had a "legitimate voice" and that the Coalition (including your son) should not have closed down his newspaper after he called for the deaths of U.S. troops.
You know better than anyone else, Casey was killed in Sadr City by the Al Sadr militants. How can you join ranks with those who support the terrorist who called for the death of your son?
Its beyond me, Cindy, and something I suspect, someday in the future, you'll look back on and with considerable pain.
We don't want that for you. I believe you need to sit down and think about it long and hard. You are bringing so much pain to this nation and its people.
Linda
" I actually felt that she was under the influence of "I don't know what""
I agree. Any force that spreads chaos like we saw in DC this weekend, not just on the streets but in the minds of all those participating, can only be the work of the Deceiver. I'll pray for her too.
Thanks for the ping. Much appreciated. Cindy Sheehan, GO HOME ALREADY!!
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Your post touched my heart. The voice that needs to be heard and that the media is ignoring in favor of Cindy Sheehan is Joe Williams, who lost his son, Mike.
Joe is a veteran of the Vietnam War and his son was a Marine and the first fallen in Vacaville.
Joe's fighting hard to preserve Mike's name and honor his memory, but is facing a tough fight as a result of what Cindy is doing. HIS voice is the one that needs to be heard.
Please give our love and support to your neighbor and please tell them how truly lucky they were to have such a wonderful special grandson, who thought more of others than himself.
What wonderful, extraordinary young men and women we have in our armed forces and we are so very grateful to every single one of them.
Thank you for sharing your perspective, Linda. I hope you get it out there more.
thanks for the ping Dodger, what say you Jan?
Question, if you don't mind... Do you know if her daughter is accompanying her in these anti-American protests?
As I recall, Carly is the one who got her mother involved in the first place.
I'm beginning to think Cindy is in serious mental trouble and she's looking more and more disconnected with reality every time I see her.
Carly has moved on from community college to U.C. She is attending school. I am not certain if she is still working at her part time job. The last my family had contact with her was the middle of summer.
She was not with her mother this summer at Crawford but was in Europe with her sister, instead.
Carly was very involved with her mother, initially, during the Kerry campaign and traveled with her.
I thought didn't pay her taxes
And .. Cindy says he is the President of the White House???
Also .. have you ever noticed that she always mentions the "freedom fighters" killed in Iraq before she mentions american soldiers?
the tragic and needless deaths of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqis and Americans (both in Iraq and here in America)
This one line is the only thing that makes me feel sorry for Cindy Sheehan... I say this because I don't consider her to be intelligent enough to see beyond her own "Day in the Sun" in order to see the shame she is bringing upon herself and her son's heroic service to this nation with her incoherent and (damn near) Treasonous remarks for the Camera's.
How IS Cindy's mother doing, do you know? We never hear about her.
We know nothing about her. No member of ours has spoken with anyone from the family since mid summer. My understanding is her mother lives in the Los Angeles area near where they lived before they moved to Vacaville around the early 90s.
"Thank You
Thank You for standing up for Casey and what he died for.
Thank You for honoring Casey.
Thank You for speaking the truth.
Tell your sons I said Thank You for their service to our country.
And Thank You for giving us the link between hanoi kerry and bagdad sindee."
That bears repeating, and it is most bumpworthy.
Thank you, Mom of Two Soldiers, for writing this wonderful, heartfelt letter.
Thank you for the ping, Tonk.
I can't tell you how proud I am of the Coast Guard.
You are, all, performing in a most exemplary manner.
Yep, that's what was reported when she was ill.
What a sense of betrayal your community must feel.
God bless you, and thank you for sharing your letter with us.
I just hate that this country has come to this. We are over there helping a population become a better place to live. Yeah we did not find the WMD's but I think that they were taken out before we came. It is just sad that the some Americans we are in another Vietnamn, that is not the case.
L.B.J. was a crook and talked out of both sides of his mouth. I hear from my cousin who is in Ramadi and has sent me several videos of Iraqis who are risking their lives to join the Iraqi Police and thank him everyday for the job they are doing.
But, you will never, ever see that on the news and it really hurts him and his men and the Iraqis who are tyring to make a difference.
Dixie, you're welcome. Vacaville is mid sized suburb between San Francisco and Sacramento but still has a very small town feel. At Christmas everyone gathers to light the Christmas tree downtown and sing Christmas carols. And the young folks all congregate at the local bowling alley.
These past several years, many of those young folks were in uniform for Vacaville is not only a "Norman Rockwell" type of town, its also home to Travis Air Force Base where many of the Airmen have been to Iraq on many different occasions.
A good number retire here. In fact, so many of our police officers and sheriffs were in the National Guard and deployed, we almost had a crisis. Needless to say, this situation has touched almost everyone in the community in some sort of personal way and is difficult for many.
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