Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Lee Miller Sheehanis an American anti-war activist, whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch—a stand that drew both passionate support and criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. She is a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Her memoir, Peace Mom:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1957
CountryUnited States of America
I take deep breaths and be true to my heart.
I think it's going to be an amazing opportunity for the people of America to show their elected officials we mean business when we say we want our troops home,
President Bush says we're safer fighting them there than over here. Why are we safer because 120,000 civilians are dead? What makes their babies less precious than ours?
I don't think aggression on a country that was no threat to the United States is noble.
I don't want him to justify my son's honorable sacrifice to continue his murderous killing policies, ... Late Edition.
I don't want George W. Bush to utilize my son's sacrifice to justify the killing,
I don't understand why, to rise to the level of being president of my country, one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country.
I don't understand why he cannot spend ten minutes of his time to talk to somebody whose life he has devastated.
I was told my son was killed in the war on terror. He was killed by George Bush's war of terror on the world.
I admire him for his resolve against my government and its meddling.
I admire her work and we're working together to tell the story.
greeted with overwhelming support, in blue (Democratic) states and in red (Republican) states.
I think our senator needs to be held accountable for her support of George Bush and his war policies.
I think she needs to say I don't have to act like a man to be a good leader, ... She needs to act like a woman and be against the war. I think it's really important for the Democrats to be an opposition party and she is the leader, in a way. She has a lot of power and she's been more of a hawk than most Republicans.