Reply #33: It shows that Cindy, like a large % of our population was hoodwinked... [View All]

[LynneSin]

...hoodwinked into believe that Iraq was about 9/11 and they were a threat to our country. THe believed that if we didn't send troops that more attacks like 9/11 would happen on our soil.

Cindy believed that her son was serving for a noble purpose, a purpose to protect our country from terrorism and tyranny. She, like millions of others in this country believed the George W. Bush when he told us that there was no other choice that to send our troops to Iraq and start this war.

I seem to be finding more and more Cindys in this country, people who once fiercely believed in Bush and the war but now realize that maybe we, the anti-war supporters, were actually on to something.

I find nothing disrespectful about anything that Cindy has said before. She has made the greatest sacrifice to our country and at the time of her son's death she probably still believed that his death was for a noble purpose. But like millions of other folks in the United States, the truth was slowly seeping through the Bush-supporting media and when the DSM hit the streets she started to realize that maybe her first opinion was not a correct one. I'm sure reading those memos the ultimate fear crept through her like a bad b-movie horror flick - her son died for a reason that was not made clear to this country and for ulterior motives not related to democracy and freedom from terrorism. She realized that Bush had lied about the reasons for war and because of that lie her son lays in a cold grave six feet under.

To me Cindy gives the ultimate message - 'It's ok to change your opinion when you find out the real truth behind the war'. Her message will hopefully encourage more parents to discourage their children from enlisting in the military when right now enlistment almost guarantees a ticket to Iraq.

Please do not demean Cindy's message because of statements she said when she at one time truly thought that the Bush Administration was telling the truth. She was spoon-fed a story fed to the media in order to prevent the masses from asking real questions to the motive of the war. Hopefully Cindy's action will encourage more men & women like her to recognize the truth and be vocal as well