To the editor:
In recent weeks, Cindy Sheehan, the protesting mother in Crawford, has been quoted on various Web sites as saying:
¢ her son was "killed for lies and for a PNAC (Project for the New American Century) Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the army to protect America, not Israel."
¢ "America has been killing people on this continent since it was started. This country is not worth dying for."
¢ Lynne Stewart is her "Atticus Finch." Stewart last February was convicted of providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy to kill persons outside of the United States and conspiring to defraud the U.S. government when acting as counsel to Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman. Both Stewart and Sheehan on April 27 participated in a San Francisco State University forum sponsored by Students Against War and the International Socialist Organization (ISO). ISO is an organization that advocates the overthrow of the U.S. government.
¢ She would not pay her federal taxes for 2004.
¢ She also would be protesting if her son had been killed in Afghanistan instead of Iraq because "Afghanistan is almost the same thing" and "we're obviously not having any success in Afghanistan."
The Democratic National Committee's (DNC) official blog on Aug. 11 called Cindy Sheehan's protest "patriotism in action." Three days earlier, DNC Chair Howard Dean spoke at a fundraiser and said, "We need a message. It has to be clear."
Gov. Dean, your party's message to Americans and the world couldn't be any clearer.
Kevin Groenhagen,
Lawrence
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merrill (anonymous) says…
What exactly is Governor Dean's message? Protesting is allowed in the USA...do you believe it should not be? If not paying taxes in 2004 is a crime who else did not pay in 2004?
Speakout (anonymous) says…
Speaking out against or for something is as American as defending its freedom to do so. What is your beef? She has her opinion and if it doesn't match yours it doesn't make her less or more American.
Bluntly, Bush lied to the American people but the congress doesn't care. Obviously, the congress isn't representing the people, they are representing them selves and their personal agenda. A liar should not be in the White House. A recovering drunk shouldn't be in the white house and we have both in one person.
coldandhot (anonymous) says…
Merrill please spare us. The Dems are the party of no new ideas. Clear and simple. I hope Sheehan gets sent to the slammer if she doesn't pay her taxes.
craigers (anonymous) says…
Speakout, you had a pothead, cheating husband, and a liar in the whitehouse around 7 years ago and you have no problem with that. Try finding a politician that gets to the presidential level and doesn't lie at some point. You are living in your own little world if you think you are going to get a presidential candidate that doesn't have any past. I am glad he is a recovering drunk, instead of a drunk. Why do you even bring up the fact that he is coping with his old problems and getting over them? Find something better to complain about. If Bush lied, then none of the congressional members did their due diligence and checked into the intelligence that was handed to them. They lied too then, if we follow everybodies logic about the president. They believed the intelligence that turned out to be wrong, that must mean they are liars. Whatever people, let's get over this and focus on finishing our mission in Iraq and get our troops home. Complaining and worrying never added one day to anybody's life.
craigers (anonymous) says…
Oh, yeah and it is a crime to not pay your taxes. Can you even ask that question? Just because they didn't get caught doesn't mean there wasn't a crime committed. I guess thieves aren't really that bad because a lot of people do it.
kuhusker (anonymous) says…
Sheehan's a publicity hound who is whoring her own son's death to make political hay.
And I say that as someone who thinks the Iraq war was a disasterous mistake.
merrill (anonymous) says…
27,000 defense contractors have not paid their taxes?
http://www.findarticles.com/p/article...
craigers (anonymous) says…
And Merrill do you think they are doing nothing wrong?
Speakout (anonymous) says…
For the record, I was totally opposed to the Clinton's lack of good foreign policy especially in the Middle East. Frankly, I was opposed to Clinton from the beginning.
Saddam was a butcher, but he didn't have WMD which was the reason we went to war.
Clinton did very little to stabilize the situation there and his policies killed a million people.
The moral of this is clear. americans should stay out of middle eastern politics. period
redjayj (anonymous) says…
I feel sorry for Sheehans loss. I dont agree with her but she absolutely has the right to protest. Isnt that what we are supposed to be fighting for?
redjayj (anonymous) says…
Also, Clinton is moot for that matter so is Bush. Neither can run again and blaming people solves nothing. If you cant look to the future at least stay in the present.