Did you know (Cindy Sheehan)

[kdrago]

I feel as bad as anyone for the families that have lost love ones in Iraq... But did you know that Cindy Sheehan's son Re-Enlisted while the War was going on? Nobody seems to mention that.

[HeldUp]

Here's my take on this and I might be completely off-base. I see no relation between the son re-enlisting and the mother grieving over the loss of her son. The key word is grieving. A mother can agree or disagree with her son's noble efforts (to re-enlist), but to me that is not related to the reasons (made by the president) to go to war.

It's like killing the messenger and not the message.

[TIES2]

An article in WP today: They are Stardust, And in Texas...At the Crawford Protest Camp, Growing Echoes of Woodstock.

So far, the bill to house the Crawford camp is about $60K, most having been spent just this past weekend (money that maybe could have been earmarked to buy school supplies and back-to-school clothes for kids of military families who are financially squeezed, but, hey, who am i to say how people should squander, er, I mean, spend, their money). Protesters were treated to an impromptu concert by Joan Baez. They ate under a party tent for 2,000 and are obtaining rations and cold drinks from a 26-ft long trailer refrigerator. A quote from the woman in charge of the kitchen...

"I can tell this is not the "nuts and berriers" crowd that is more typical at peace events because hardly anyone asked if we had vegan dishes last night."

[kdrago]

Here's my take on this and I might be completely off-base. I see no relation between the son re-enlisting and the mother grieving over the loss of her son. The key word is grieving. A mother can agree or disagree with her son's noble efforts (to re-enlist), but to me that is not related to the reasons (made by the president) to go to war.

It's like killing the messenger and not the message.

Her handlers are only looking for someone who has a legitimate claim to moral authority; the fact that they have not found someone more sympathetic is testament to the 1800 mothers and fathers who are also grieving but are proud of the job their sons lost their lives doing.

[pinky]

Who said Cindy Sheehan isn't proud of her son? Who said she thinks his re-enlistment (which HE said was because so many of his friends were still in Iraq fighting) was wrong?

Cindy Sheehan's only issue is the REASON her son was sent to Iraq. Junior thinks it's a "noble cause" and she wants to know EXACTLY what that cause is, because nothing he's said and done so far is particularly noble.

[TIES2]

Here's my take on this and I might be completely off-base. I see no relation between the son re-enlisting and the mother grieving over the loss of her son. The key word is grieving. A mother can agree or disagree with her son's noble efforts (to re-enlist), but to me that is not related to the reasons (made by the president) to go to war.

It's like killing the messenger and not the message.

I don't think anyone is questioning her grief or is not symphathetic; I just question whether she's conducting her self with dignity and decorum...and she's not on either account.

Add to that her rather harsh statements saying that this country has a repugnant past and is not worth losing your life for, well, that's just plain 'ol treason.