Cindy Sheehan: "War-Hawk Republicans and Anti-War Democrats: ...

[understandinglife]

... What's the Difference?

By Cindy Sheehan

October 4, 2005

The past week in DC found me in many offices of our elected officials: Senators, Congresspersons, pro-war, "anti-war," Democrat, Republican. With a few notable exceptions, all of our employees toed party lines.

Thanks to those who met with me, because, except for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), I was not their constituent. And I believe the Republicans who met with me, whether they knew it or not, were breaking with their leader on this, since he was too cowardly to meet with me.

The War Hawks I met with made my skin crawl. They so obviously are supporting a war that is not in our nation's best interest, nor is it making us more secure. I heard from Senators Dole (R-NC) and McCain (R-Ariz.) and Representative Marilyn Musgrave (R-CO) about 9/11 and "fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them over here." That made me sick. George Bush and his lying band of imperialist greed-mongers exploited 9/11 and our national terror of other terrorist attacks to invade a country that had nothing to do with the attacks on our country. Now, in the aftermath of those lies, tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians are dead, and almost 2000 of our brave young men and women. What makes the Iraqi babies and families less precious than ours? The crime that these people committed was being born at the wrong place at the wrong time. George took his war OF terror to their doorsteps. I even asked Senator Dole when she thought the occupation would be able to end, and she was incredulous that I would even think of Iraq as an occupation: she sees it as a liberation. I really wanted to know how many of them we have to kill before she considered that they were liberated.

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Finally, I was harrassed at the Capitol Building by a thug security guard, who screamed at me to get out of the building until my next appointment. I complained to another security guard about the disrespectful treatment that I had received from the other guard and he said that most of the employees were "Republicans" and they didn't appreciate what I was doing. I have news for them: this is not about politics - to me, this is about flesh and blood. This is not about right and left, this is about right and wrong. 19 troops were needlessly killed in Iraq this past week. 19 families were destroyed senselessly and avoidably. Hundreds of innocent Iraqis were killed for just being home that day, just being out shopping, or just going about their daily lives. An average of almost three of our young men and women are killed every day in George's abomination. While the War-Hawk Repbublicans are wrongfully supporting a wrongheaded war and the "anti-war" Dems are hemming and hawing about the politics of this administration's misguided and evil policies, how many more families will get the news that their lives have been destroyed in the tragic meantime? What are they waiting for?

Much more at the link:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100405Y.shtml

I urge each of you to read the entire essay.

I'm not going to dilute the power of her messages by adding anything else.


Peace.

[LisaM]

1. Security guards at the Capitol are mostly Republicans?

Washington D.C. is a very Democratic city. Where are they getting these security guards from? Additionally, doesn't it seem slightly unprofessional that they would even say what party they were from?

Regarding what she said about Dean, I am not surprised. I never thought Dean was an anti-war guy. He had the luxury of seeming to oppose THIS invasion because he did not have to vote on it, but he hardly strikes me as a peacenik.

Schumer, that's a disappointment.

[genius]

2. Fine. Is Cindy interested in being a Senator from California?

I heard she formed an exploratory committee. We don't want Feinstein.

[understandinglife]

4. Don't know. Why don't you ask her -- she is actively discussing this post

.... at dKos:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/10/4/34256/6139


Peace.

[RethugAssKicker]

3. Powerful... very powerful

I admire this woman more and more each day!

[understandinglife]

5. "The "Anti-War" Dems perplex me the most, however."

Except for the good guys, like the members of the Out of Iraq Caucus and a few Senators, the Democratic party line is that we must allow Iraq a window of two months' time, and after the referendum on the constitution this month and the parliamentary elections in December, it will be time to attack the failed policies of George and his cabal of liars.

More at the link:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/100405Y.shtml

Peace.