Open letter to the lamest duck on Veterans Day from Cindy Sheehan

[babylonsister]

Rec'd as an e-mail; permission to post in its entirety.


Open letter to the lamest duck on Veterans Day from Cindy Sheehan


November 11, 2008

George Bush
1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, DC

Dear George,

I am writing this to you on the fifth Veteran's Day I have mourned the death of my son, Casey Sheehan. Casey was a soldier in the Army. You killed my oldest son with your lies and greed for Empire. Casey never became a Veteran because he came home in one of those pesky flag draped coffins that your mother doesn't want to bother her "pretty mind" with.

During that other illegal and immoral war that you and your VP, Dick, had the good sense to dodge, your mother never had to go through one second of worry for your safety, did she? You were too busy doing your drugs and going AWOL to bother her "pretty mind" about that. What galls me the most when I think about my brave and honorable son's needless and untimely death, is that you were so cowardly and worthless when you were his age and you had the nerve to condemn thousands of our children to death or disability with your lies.

George, I have written you letters before. I have demanded your resignation and also promised you that I would work for your impeachment. If you remember, I even started a peace camp of thousands of protesters outside your Crawford ranch and I even tried to get into Congress so I could impeach your criminal hide. You never answer my letters and you have never had the integrity to tell me what "Noble Cause" killed my son. This is the last letter you will receive from me while you are infecting our Oval Office, but it won't be the last time you hear from me.

George, I guess I could "rest on my laurels" and allow you to slink off into the quiet desperation of leaving the White House as the most detested President in American history, but that is not enough for me: Millions are dead, wounded, displaced and suffering life-long pain because of your actions. You are the number one terrorist in the world today and this country catches, tortures and prosecutes "terrorists" doesn't it? Haven't you said so yourself? You have turned the USA into a nation of imperial mobsters and we have the ignominy of being torturers and you do not deserve to retire with any kind of peace or honor.

George, if Nancy Pelosi and the other complicit Congressional leaders won't hold you accountable, I will. This nation has a very short memory and we have been assaulted on a daily basis by your arrogance and stupidity and most of America is buying the hype of pre-packaged and aggressively marketed, Hope, but I don't have the option of burying your deadly legacy like it never happened and moving on. The hole in my heart that used to contain the living and breathing presence of my son will never heal and you are the one who put it there. If you think you are going to live a comfortable life in Dallas, or Paraguay, or wherever, a la Johnson, Nixon, McNamara or Kissinger, you are wrong.

George, this country too hastily moved on from the abomination of Vietnam and we never healed from that horror because we never did the hard work of holding American leaders accountable for crimes against humanity. If history repeats itself, as it tends to do, you won't be held accountable for your crimes, but I won't let you forget the faces of my son, Casey and his comrades or the legion of faces of the Afghan and Iraqi dead. Are your dreams haunted by the souls of the people massacred by your hubris?

If I have to buy or erect a billboard near your home and plaster it with the faces of the people you murdered, I will. I will also work with my contacts in the international community to have you indicted for crimes against humanity. I will do whatever it takes to be the thorn in your side as you have been my sorrow. There are many people around the world who thirst for justice and healing who will join me in this noble cause.

This Nation forgot the faces of the 58,000 plus Americans and millions of Vietnamese who were slaughtered for imperial greed, but they won't forget the faces of the ones you have sacrificed on your altar of deception or the ones who will be sacrificed for the President Elect's continued War OF Terror. If Obama does not declare a speedy and complete end to the USA's war of terror on the world, someone should set up camp at his vacation home (which I bet will be nicer than Crawford, TX in August).

On this Veterans Day, I make this pledge to you. Unless we stop the bloody tide of war for profit and US hegemony by seeking justice for your war crimes and crimes against our Constitution, more Casey's will die and more countries that unfortunately lie in the path of imperial conquest will be decimated.

On this Veteran's Day, I also send my love and support to the Vets from all wars who live on our streets and are substance abusers because they can't get help from this hypocritical government. My heart goes out to all Gold Star Mothers who have nothing but a box of medals, a triangular folded flag and memories of a dead child and regrets for a life not lived with him/her. The war machine in collaboration with our government chews people up and rolls on oiled with pain.

George you broke your oath to "faithfully" execute your office and you betrayed the troops that you command due to nothing but election fraud, but I will not break my promise to you.

Cindy Sheehan
Mother of Casey Austin Sheehan
KIA in Sadr City, Baghdad
April 04, 2004

[Blue_In_AK]

1. I assume we are free to admire Cindy Sheehan again now,

since the election is over? A courageous woman who has taken a lot of abuse.

[dana_b]

2. oh no! she ran against a Dem!

how dare her!!

sorry, I really like Cindy and although she is very outspoken and I know that some here find her "loony", I think she's one of the most courageous women that I've ever met.

[babylonsister]

3. She's not running for anything, so that's the assumption I'm making, too.

And I agree, she's taken a lot of abuse just for speaking her mind when everyone else was silent.

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. I never stopped admiring her

In fact I admire her even more for taking the stand that she did.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. I never stopped admiring her either, Proud...

I'm not a huge fan of party lockstep, but I thought it better to keep my mouth shut in those heated months before the election. I have too many friends here at DU to risk getting booted off the forum.

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. I understand

I chose to follow DU rules as well. But it's nice to be able to bring her up once again. She is a brave and awesome woman who we have not heard the last of.

[Raster]

36. I never stopped admiring and supporting Cindy Sheehan.

And neither has my opinion of the Congressional collaborators and accomplices changed. In fact, I feel even stronger that the Congress of the United States of America abdicated their sworn responsibilities and allowed a madman and his fool to run this country into the ground.

Thank you Cindy Sheehan. Thank you for speaking out and having the courage of your convictions.

Oh, and Nancy Pelosi: fuck you.

[Winterblues]

4. I pity her, she will be wracked with pain her entire life

She is obsessed, and Bush* will be laughing all the way to the bank. She definitely deserves some resolution..

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. Doesn't sound like she's much impressed with Obama.

:yoiks:

[lunatica]

6. Bush deserves that letter

He deserves to be the most hated man on earth. He earned it. He worked hard for it. He was tireless, relentless, and determined to acquire the infamy.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

7. No One Cares What She Says Anymore.

Not sure if she gets that or not.

[proud2BlibKansan]

11. I care

So do tens of thousands of her supporters.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. Sorry; No One Relevant.

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. Cindy would call me relevant

She would even call you relevant. Although I would do my best to talk her out of that. :)

[geomon666]

16. If she is not relevent to you....

Why did you bother to read the letter and respond to it?

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. One of many Cindy bashers here

They seem to get some bizarre satisfaction from criticizing her.

[AlCzervik]

21. i hope another mother never has to walk in her shoes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. Amen

I have met one too many women in Cindy's shoes.

[arcadian]

25. proud2Blib has stood up and worked hard fighting against the crimes committed by Bushco

What has OPERATIONMINFCRIME done?

[nosmokes]

31. Ah yes, turning on your own is always a great solution when you

don't have anything substantive to add. And we should definitely throw thow Cindy Sheehan under the bus, right? She may have been a great hero for the cause once, but she's shown grit, determination, spine and moral fortitude. We can't have that shit contaminating the Democratic gene pool! So Ms Sheehan must be a big zero now, huh? Fuck that noise, Fuck the San Francisco voters that sent Pelosi back to the House, Fuck Pelosi, and Fuck these Wars! I'm with Cindy.

[az chela]

27. Since she is the one who has sacrificed everything I guess

no one gives a shit what you think

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

29. There Is No Honor In Sacrificing Everything For Sake Of Acting Like An Idiot.

Once upon a time she had value and her message sharp, wise and on point.

Now, she is completely irrelevant, ignored, marginalized by just about everybody, irrational, zealous, ignorant, ineffective, fanatical, extremist and attention seeking.

[whathappened]

34. did u just read

the same letter i did , what part of that letter do u not agree with , she hit jr right between the eys with this letter , he is and alway will be a war nut , who has no comcern for the men and women he sends to fight a war on lies , u are out of line on this 1 , not all the dem's we have in office are our freinds

[proud2BlibKansan]

39. Cindy is not the idiot in this conversation

[Mira]

8. Cindy stands with 4192 other American mothers. And

fathers, siblings, grandparents, wives husbands, children and on and on it goes.
My own suffering today is large, and I am not one of those.
I hope Cindy's letter provided a little temporary ointment on her pain.

[catbyte]

10. I don't pity her,

I admire her. She has been able to channel indescribable grief into action. I don't know if I would have been as strong given her circumstances.

She's a warrior woman and will always have my respect. :patriot:

Megwetch,

Diane

"Tales of the hunt will glorify the hunter until lions have their own historians."--African proverb

[superduperfarleft]

9. Good to hear from her again.

It's really too bad about all the shitbags that heaped abuse on her because she decided to run against an ineffectual politician who also happened to be a Democrat. It says more about them, though, that they'd choose to figuratively spit in the face of a grieving mother because she dared to challenge the two-party system, especially after they were hailing her as a hero just months before. I hope she is able to find peace.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Cindy is the bravest woman I know

I commend her for her voice and her leadership. :patriot:

[theboss]

17. She is getting dangerously close to issuing bodily threats in these

She needs to pull it back a bit.

[babylonsister]

19. Where's the bodily threat? nt

[az chela]

28. She has been thrown in jail,thrown out of John Conyers office and

congress and has been threatened by the repukes who want to kill her so I dont think she needs to pull back anything as she has earned the right to say whatever she wants

[bananas]

22. "the most detested President in American history"

That's how it should be written in the history books.

[AlCzervik]

30. Word.

[az chela]

26. Cindy will always be a great hero

Everything she has done has caused her a lot of pain and grief.I know she will never stop mourning Casey and all the others who have died including the innocent Iraqi's.
What bush and cheney have done is the most evil act that has been perpetrated since Viet Nam.This stop loss law is criminal and has caused so much pain and suffering.
I salute you each and every one who has suffered or died from this horrible war.
I will always stand with Cindy til the day I die

[Danascot]

32. Make Bush's life a living hell?

What's not to like?

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[FlyingSquirrel]

35. k/r

[sufrommich]

37. What does this mean?

"most of America is buying the hype of pre-packaged and aggressively marketed, Hope"

[cali]

38. I think it's a clue as to her future attacks on Obama

nuance isn't her thing.

I hope she finds a measure of peace. It appears she's a long way from that.