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
We can't give up, no matter hard it gets.
We have to work together as a global community to fight for peace and justice. We're all in it together. It's not just me who has lost a son.
You know what I would have said? 'What noble cause did my son die for?'
We need to stop the war in Iraq, we need to bring our troops home immediately.
We get up every morning, and every morning we see this enormous mountain in front of us,
I think this is so urgent and necessary that this is what I have to do.
It's remarkable that in a 27- day period Crawford has stood for something other than war. It has stood for peace.
It's pretty obvious what's been happening since August. It's miraculous. The American people were on board. Now it seems like more of our leadership are getting on board.
It's outrageous. First we kill these poor women's families, then we tell them they don't have sufficient family ties. First we invade their country, then we refuse to allow them to visit ours.
Not one person should have died; not one more person should die,
I'm going to go to Washington, D.C. and I'm going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home,
I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home, ... And I'll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I'll go back and do the same thing.
I'm going to be sad to leave on August 31st. And you know what? I won't be escaping. I'll be going, and we're going, to take Camp Casey to Congress.
No Iraqis Left Me on a Roof to Die