Wednesday, October 05, 2005
THE CINDY SHEEHAN MESS
(Sigh) Sooooooo sick I am of the Cindy Sheehan mess....the debate goes on and on and on and on, ad infinitum. WHY does the liberal media give such coverage to this non-story anyway? Well, you know why and so do I....because it advances its liberal leanings on the war and attempts to promote anti-administration sentiment. My opinion on this, even though you didn't ask, is that we should ignore her and her "followers" totally. It was, after all, her SON who gave the ultimate sacrifice, and her antics subsequent to his death are almost a slap in his face. She should be ashamed, and so should we for even entertaining her rhetoric.
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Hmmm...I guess she is merely venting and grieving at the same time. How do we know that her son was all for the war and sacrificed his life for a "just" cause?
Perhaps her son was not for it--and like many military recruits who enlisted before the war--they did not have the faintest idea that they will be sent to Iraq without an exit plan.
Let me ask this...if it was your son who sacrificed his life for something he did not believe in and you shared the same sentiment, wouldn't you be upset enough to campaign against this needless war?
I know I would be raising hell regardless of my political affiliation with respect to the existing administration.
In response to your comment about my post on Cindy Sheehan, allow me to rebut. Men and women who choose to serve in the military do so with the knowledge that their purpose is to defend the country and carry out orders to accomplish that...whether their personal philosophy is in synch with those decisions or not. Sheehan's son may not have agreed with the war and he may even have joined the military prior to the Iraq situation, but HE did the right thing by following the orders given to him and serving heroically. And an exit plan? I don't think we should be duped into thinking that an exit plan is possible at the present. There is so much anarchy and chaos left to be quelled over there that anything other than some amorphous "plan" is most likely not possible. And, yes, if it were my son who died in a war I didn't believe in, I would be inconsolable. But I see Ms. Sheehan as doing her son's name no good by the questionable actions attributed to her. Perhaps some quiet dignity would be more befitting.
Enough said. You are right about her demeaning the efforts of her son. Her grief is understandable yet selfesh. She thinks only of herself, not her son's memory. Were it my son, I would also be grief stricken, but very proud.
Point well taken and I am all for quiet dignity.
However, given the fact that this war is much more political than anything else--Ms. Sheehan's protest requires careful examination of her intentions rather than just blowing her off like a "mother-who-is-griping-over the-loss-of-her-son-and-dragging his-name-through-the-mud."
If you are a Republican, there is no doubt or question that you will dismiss Ms. Sheehan's intents and purposes because it will go against every fiber of your political affiliation.
If you are a Democrat, and needless to say--that's me, you will be more apt to understanding her grief and her mission to protect needless loss of life.
Bottom line, the war doesn't make any sense--there is no WMD, which was the sole justification for the war, therefore its purpose is moot. Gas prices are through the roof despite us protecting and rebuilding Iraq's oil refineries. Yet, we are losing brave men and women...and for what? To fatten the pockets of Mr. Cheney's cronies at Haliburton with no-bid contracts?
Afterall, it is within Ms. Sheehan's rights to make noise over something she does not believe in. Politically speaking, this kind of attitude towards Ms. Sheehan is why the term "bi-partisan" is virtually non-existent with our government when we should be focusing on the needs of the American people and not abroad.
There are issues in your recent comment that can be debated for hours, but they are not necessarily related to our on-going exchanges. However, I don't believe we should assume that because WMD have not yet been found that they didn't exist; the recent gas price debacle isn't tied to IRAQ refineries but in part because of a LACK of refineries worldwide; and the "needs of the American people" are DIRECTLY TIED TO OUR SUCCESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. However, I do respect your point of view, concede that your views have some merit and welcome a continuation of this discussion when I see you next! LOL
LOL!
WMD does not exist but I can understand you sticking up for your party--that's part of your loyalty and I respect that.
I never explicitly said that the gas prices were tied to Iraq's refineries but more so leaning to the idea of us getting something out of this war if we are protecting Iraq's valuable commodity.
And lastly, *sighs*, here is the part where Republicans fail to understand--the vast majority of the American people are not "well-to-do" or have money like the fortunate few. So tell me, how will the Middle East fiasco help feed the poor in America? How will it help us improve our education system? How will it help us lower the cost of housing? How will it help us provide medical care to the needy and elderly?
Care to elaborate more on the correlation between the success of the Middle East with respect to the needs of the American people? I hope you can include the poor and needy as I stated above.
(the deepest of sighs here)
Tell you what. Sometime over the next few days I'll write and post my opinion on how our success in the Middle East affects the needs of the American people. And I'm sure we can debate THAT forever, too. But this is what the blog's all about, and I expect to learn and appreciate all of the viewpoints expressed in the comments section. Keep'em comin'!
Likewise for me, too. ;)
Which is why I am anxious to learn more about your viewpoints on how our success in the Middle East is tied to the needs of the American people--this is new to me.
I hope you dont ramble too much on the prospect of creating more jobs and so-called "opportunities" when that will only benefit the middle and upper class folks. I want to know how it will directly help the lower class, so to speak.
An interesting tidbit...
Go to www.google.com and type in "failure" as your search query and tell me what's the first item on the top of that list.
Enough said. LOL!
I'm surprised at you, blog reader (whom I know and respect!!!).
You nailed it!
My sentiments exactly
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