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Originally Posted by Frankster
Sheehan is not pushing her agenda she is the voice for millions of Americans and thousands of parents who have lost their children in this "war". Her battle did not start until after her son had died, so his death was the cause and not the effect of this battle of hers.
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She has used her son's death to push her into the limelight.
And she is using it to push an agenda.
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On January 24, 2006, Sheehan took a trip to Venezuela, sponsored by that nation's foreign ministry......she stated "I admire President Chávez for his strength to resist the United States" while saying she agreed with Harry Belafonte's statement that President Bush is "the greatest terrorist in the world." Also, while in Venezuela, Sheehan released a statement that unless Senator Dianne Feinstein voted to filibuster the Supreme Court confirmation of Samuel Alito, she would challenge Feinstein for her Senate seat.
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Sheehan wrote that she "decided to buy property in Crawford to use until George's resignation or impeachment, which we all hope is soon for the sake of the world." She also stated that she "can't think of a better way to use Casey's insurance money than for peace", and that she is sure that Casey would have approved.
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I am not saying she doesn't have a right to upset or angry, or doesn't have the right to protest. By all means go ahead. What I am saying is by using her son's death, who by all accounts wanted to be in Iraq, wanted to help the Iraqi people, and wanted to be in the military, as the catalyst to start her campaign against President Bush, she is tarnishing what her son and thousands of other young men and woman from around the world are trying to do in Iraq. You pull out now, and yes, all their deaths will be in vain. You continue on in Iraq, then their deaths wont be for nothing.
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Originally Posted by Frankster
There are hundreds of groups that fight things every day, so should they all be ashamed of their fight? Are they disgracing what they are fighting for?
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No, I am not saying that. Everyone has the right to fight in what they beleive in. It is the way she is using her sons death that I don't agree with.