Cindy Sheehan - Quits Anti-War Protest

[kerravon]

When the going gets tough... quit and go home

Makes you wonder if there is more to this story. A large sum of cash? threats on her family? We may never know.

I will be fighting this to my death, because I do not want the generations that will follow to suffer. We must do what we know is right for the survival of mankind.

[december]

We need to ask different question - what about the rest of Americans?
They actually do NOTHING at all.

[kerravon]

Not all American's do nothing, and it is not just American's in general that take this laying down. Where were the millions of protesters in Britain when they installed all the video camera's on every street corner?

However, American's do seem to be less aware that something is going on. Does this mean they are stupid? No, not at all, they are just less likely to see through the smokescreen due to barriers, such as religion and patriotism.

[tinmenace]

When the going gets tough... quit and go home

Makes you wonder if there is more to this story. A large sum of cash? threats on her family? We may never know.

I will be fighting this to my death, because I do not want the generations that will follow to suffer. We must do what we know is right for the survival of mankind.


When I read the thread name, the first thing that came to mind was a pay off.

[graflok]

I admire what she did.

I found this quote of hers:

"The most devastating conclusion that I reached this morning, however, was that
Casey [her son] did indeed die for nothing. His precious lifeblood drained out in a
country far away from his family who loves him, killed by his own country which is
beholden to and run by a war machine that even controls what we think. I have tried
ever since he died to make his sacrifice meaningful. Casey died for a country
which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people
will be killed in the next few months while Democrats and Republicans play politics
with human lives. It is so painful to me to know that I bought into this system for so
many years and Casey paid the price for that allegiance. I failed my boy and that
hurts the most."

article (http://www.theittlist.com/site/ittlist/ind/4365/)

[anoninnyc]

beware of the military- industrial complex.

[i_am]

please read what Cindy herself, has to say before condemning her. The cost to her personally has been huge and she has come to the realisation that all politics are different sides of the same coin.

give her a break!!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/5/28/12530/1525

[synergy777]

Casey died for a country
which cares more about who will be the next American Idol than how many people


Blind party loyalty is dangerous whatever side it occurs on. People of the world look on us Americans as jokes because we allow our political leaders so much murderous latitude and if we don’t find alternatives to this corrupt "two" party system our Representative Republic will die and be replaced with what we are rapidly descending into with nary a check or balance: a fascist corporate wasteland. I am demonized because I don’t see party affiliation or nationality when I look at a person, I see that person’s heart. If someone looks, dresses, acts, talks and votes like a Republican, then why do they deserve support just because he/she calls him/herself a Democrat?



Our brave young men and women in Iraq have been abandoned there indefinitely by their cowardly leaders who move them around like pawns on a chessboard of destruction and the people of Iraq have been doomed to death and fates worse than death by people worried more about elections than people. However, in five, ten, or fifteen years, our troops will come limping home in another abject defeat and ten or twenty years from then, our children’s children will be seeing their loved ones die for no reason, because their grandparents also bought into this corrupt system. George Bush will never be impeached because if the Democrats dig too deeply, they may unearth a few skeletons in their own graves and the system will perpetuate itself in perpetuity


she is a legend, a good soul. what she has said is from real life experience. she speaks truthfully and openly about the sad state of affairs. think of the others who have died, think of the soldiers etc that come back, get second rate hospital care/rehab and even get charged for equipment, which is then deducted from their wages. its a sick joke and people who carry flags and all that blind stupidity, where are they. why don't they support the troops after they come back, why don't they lobby for better care. in a consumer society, everything is up for sale, everything is a product. i think those who support should be listed and called when they are needed. that way they can show their love and stand up for their beliefs.

[december]

Quote:

"I was saddened by Cindy Sheehan’s resignation from the peace movement. Her effort showed how a small group of committed people can make their voices heard with miniscule funding. Unfortunately, the roar of the pro-war machine in this country successfully shouted Sheehan down.

"Good-bye America ...,” wrote Sheehan in her Daily KOS diary, “you are not the country that I love and I finally realized no matter how much I sacrifice, I can't make you be that country unless you want it. It's up to you now."

Sheehan’s right. America is no longer the same place that like-minded progressives embraced".

http://www.mytown.ca/sakin/

http://www.conservativethinking.com/files/cindy-sheehan-arrested-02-thumb.jpghttp://www.conservativethinking.com/files/cindy-sheehan-arrested-01.jpg

http://www.globaljusticeecology.org/imgs/news/sheehan1.jpg

[synergy777]

http://www.propagandamatrix.com/articles/may2007/310507cindysheehan.htm

Cindy Sheehan: Twin Towers' Collapse Looked Like Controlled Demolition
Anti-war icon supports move for new investigation into 9/11

Anti-war icon Cindy Sheehan has gone public on her support for the 9/11 truth movement after she told a radio show that the collapse of the twin towers looked like a controlled demolition and that there should be a new investigation into the terrorist attacks.

Sheehan, who made headlines this week after she distanced herself from the Democratic party and the establishment left, joined Alex Jones to share her views on her skepticism towards the official 9/11 story.

Sheehan said her decision to desert the Democrats was sparked last week when the Iraq war funding bill was passed and it was at this point she realized the Democrats had co-opted her simply to help them regain Congress and that they had no interest in ending the war

Sheehan attacked Hillary Clinton as a "warhawk and a "warmonger" and said there was very little distinction between her and John McCain or Rudy Giuliani.

On 9/11, Sheehan expressed her support for the Jersey Girl's petition, which calls for a new independent investigation of the terrorist attacks, slamming the 9/11 Commission Report as a "total travesty and a smokescreen."

George Bush and Dick Cheney held hands and testified behind closed doors, not under oath," said Sheehan, adding, "There are many things that just don't add up on that day."

Sheehan questioned why U.S. air defenses were distracted by drills and exercises scheduled for the morning of 9/11 and why standard operating procedure for intercepting errant aircraft was not followed for the first and only time in history.

"When you lose control of an airplane, you intercept it with a military jet and that should only take seconds - from what I understand it's not even an order to do that it's mandatory," said Sheehan.

Speaking on the collapse of the twin towers, Sheehan stated, "It does look to me like a controlled demolition - I'm not an expert - but it does look to me like a controlled demolition - I'm looking at common sense."

"I do see some very high profile people saying it was an inside job," concluded Sheehan.

Click here to listen to Sheehan's interview on the Alex Jones Show

nice 1 cindy, showing courage in the face adversity, give them hell.