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
What was the noble cause my son died for?
I loved and protected my own children like a fierce mama bear, but one of them died anyway. It was a dark day when I realized that part of my responsibility in Casey's death was that I did not love all the children of the world in that same real, not abstract, way.
I know that they are in heaven, ... and I know that that's why this movement is growing because we have tens of thousands of angels behind us that are supporting us, that are saying, 'Well, you know we died and that was really crappy, but we hope that our deaths are going to make the world a better place,' and it's up to us to make sure that it does.
I want to ask the president, why did he kill my son? He said my son died in a noble cause, and I want to ask him what that noble cause is.
That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war, ... tells me why my son died in Iraq. I've got the whole month of August off, and so does he.
All of those reports prove my son died needlessly. This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong.
All those reports prove my son died needlessly.
We have seen this week the disastrous politics of this nation. We need to bring our troops home now. We need to have them here to protect America.
We've identified the problem and it's not going away. What I think it's going to take now is non-violent, peaceful civil disobedience all over the country,
There comes a time when we have to break a small law, like sitting down in front of the White House, in order to point out a greater law that's being broken.
We're never going to let him have another vacation in peace again.
We're over there and we need to come home, ... What happens in Iraq after we leave isn't a worry of ours. We need to let the Iraqi people handle their own business.
We're out here representing millions of people around the world.
Why don't you put this one on the front page? Cindy is proving herself a nut, but you are suddenly silent concerning her.