Posted on 08/12/2005 1:00:46 PM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 08/12/2005 1:18:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The photo Cindy Sheehan did not want the world to see: President Bush plants a consoling kiss on the cheek of grieving antiwar protester Cindy Sheehan last year at Fort Lewis, Washington.
Mrs. Sheehan is staging a protest vigil in Crawford, Texas demanding a second meeting with President Bush to demand an explanation for why her son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, was killed in Iraq a year ago April.
The photo of the president consoling Mrs. Sheehan, and a companion photo from the meeting, used to be hosted on Mrs. Sheehan's tribute site to her son. The site, called Casey's Peace Page also contains information about Mrs. Sheehan's antiwar and anti-Bush activities.
However, the photos were removed some time ago, but the hosting page and captions were left there until this week when they were removed along with a copy of the now-controversial Vacaville Reporter article, after that article which contradicts Mrs. Sheehan's current account of her meeting with the president was publicized by the Drudge Report.
The images were found in Google's image cache by Freeper Hipaatwo.
Since then, those who can still read have discovered that the campaign was launched on a disconcerting series of deliberate lies to serve other agendas. To note the most important: securing oil supplies; a strategic military presence in the M.E. (remember the Saudis ended the U.S. base lease); elimination of an implacable enemy of Israel and to secure payment of oil shipments in U.S.$ rather than Euros.
Its the jooo-ooo-ooos!!! So tell me, are you going to Crawford TX?
And before you ask, the military wouldn't take me as the mother of 3, I tried.
Say, we've got a live on over in Aisle 90
What do RATS do when you shine a light on them? They scurry like RATS.
Yeah. No luck.
"Grow up."
Another nerve struck liberal
I tried it a while ago, it looks like the pictures were removed before October 10, 2004
Exactly. I lost a child, too. But at some point, you learn to incorporate it into your life. You learn to talk to other people about that child without bursting into tears every time. I've been through grief and I've supported others in their grief. She seems to be doing her best to always look like she is sad and crying everytime a camera is pointed at her. How long can she keep up the act?
And why are you here again, exactly?
To annoy the likes of you, so it seems..........
Actually it's not. Someone made some additions to an earlier picture of her son.
No, that's a photoshop.
Was me saying "wake up" supposed to be a comeback?
Considering that you hadn't yet responded to me would make it silly for me to have to "come back", wouldn't it?
By the way, calling it a non-story when it's being covered by every media outlet in the country is ignorant, at best.
I don't think you're gonna last too long...
It's obviously a touch job- see post 110 for the original.
You are way behind on the story and are sadly mistaken on all counts. I also think you are a troll.
Pictures have a way of bringing an event home to some people. For example, Bill Clinton said he had an improper relationship with Monica, but there are those who still defend his sorry butt on that matter. However, a picture of him doing the ol' human humidor trick would flip a lot of those defenders (Well, maybe. These are libs I'm talkign about.).
These letters to Casey Sheehan's family were never sent. Military personnel gave them to the family after his death.
March 13-14, 2004
"The Beginning"
It was a long ordeal starting out at 1100 Saturday morning. We arrived at the back dock to find out we weren't leaving until 2:30 that afternoon. And so began a lot of waiting around. The married soldiers had their families to see them off, and all I had was a call home the night before. Mom cried her eyes out over the phone, not the first time it happened either.
From the back dock we loaded onto a bus that took us to the iron horse gym, where we did some more waiting and the families had one more chance to say good bye. From there we took another bus to Abrams gym, where we actually did some manifest processing for the flight.
They had a nice setup for us, too. Phones, Internet, video games, food, free stuff and music were all provided prior to the next bus ride to the plane. At 6:30 p.m. Saturday, they formed us up and herded us onto the bus for the plane.
As we loaded the plane, the flight attendants proceeded to tell us we were making a stop in Ireland before we got to Kuwait. Unfortunately for us, we have to stay on the plane while the crew changes and the plane is refueled. We will be landing in Ireland shortly, then on to Kuwait.
We stayed in Ireland for about 4 hours. While we were here, there was also a National Guard unit from Sacramento. I spoke with the sergeant major of that unit and let him know I was from Vacaville.
I also spoke with one of the airport employees. She told me about the country and the different things to do. She also informed me that my family name is well known here. Shortly after that, we boarded the plane for Kuwait which we were informed will take 6 hours and 4 minutes to get there..
March 31, 2004
Hey Family:
I've finally made to Iraq. Luckily for us, there was no threat to our convoy.
How is everyone doing? I wish I could be home for Jane's graduation.
We should be looking at a pretty smooth year. The unit we are replacing had only two deaths during its time here. Anyway, I didn't think Mom needed to know that. She's already too worried about me being here.
I'm glad I finally got to write. They didn't give us the address until we got to our camp. I'm also glad I got to talk to Mom for a bit about a week ago. She probably doesn't remember because I woke her up.
I had an interesting flight. We flew from Fort Hood to Ireland. We had had 3 1/2-hour layover there. I spent $1.30 for a coke out of a soda machine and got 70 cents back in Eurocoins. I got to speak to one of the employees at the airport. She told me about the country and said that our last name is very well known.
After Ireland we landed in Kuwait ..
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Can you please remove this post. I posted a bogus picture thinking it was real.
Thanks
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