An important article by Cindy Sheehan

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>An important article by Cindy Sheehan

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>ImpeachBush.org supported Cindy Sheehan's March for Humanity that helped

>mobilize support for impeachment around the country this July. The

>impeachment movement and the antiwar movement are joining together for a

>massive protest on September 15th in Washington, DC led by Iraq war

>veterans and their families.

>Below is a response from Cindy Sheehan to an attack article by William

>Kristol, in which he calls to " Kill the Die-In " on September 15th. The

>Die-In is a symbolic funeral organized by members of Iraq Veterans Against

>the War at the conclusion of the September 15th Mass March. We hope to see

>everyone at the demonstration. People are coming from over 100 cities. If

>you want to make a donation to help others come, you can do so by clicking

>this link.

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>Another Dishonorable Chicken-hawk

>by Cindy Sheehan

>I know just a little bit about Mr. William Kristol:

>He is the son of one of the founders of the " neo-conservative " movement,

>Irving Kristol.

>He is a commentator on Fox News.

>He was Chief of Staff for one of the political " geniuses " of our time: VP

>Dan Quayle.

>He is editor of another Rupert Murdoch war-propaganda rag, " The Weekly

>Standard. "

>He is a member, and signer, of the

>One thing Mr. William Kristol is not, is a combat vet.

>Although he was born in 1952, he never served during Vietnam. I am sure

>while at Harvard he was a staunch supporter of the American effort to

>enrich the war profiteers while ostensibly stopping that war's " enemy "

>communism from spreading across Asia. Secure in his studies during that

>quagmire, Kristol joins a long line of neo-con chicken-hawks who are

>drenched in other people's blood and love to send other people's children

>to die for their lies.

>I don't know anything, or care to know anything about Mr. Kristol's

>private life. I don't care if he is another closeted gay Republican or is

>a happily married hetero with children. I do suspect, however, that if Mr.

>Kristol is married, his children are not serving in Iraq, being misused by

>the very same incompetent and cowardly Commander in Chief (who also did

>not serve in Vietnam) that Mr. Kristol shamelessly supports while the

>entire administration and Republican hypocrites are crumbling from

>corruption and scandal.

>I do know one thing for sure about Mr. Kristol, he does not like to be

>bothered with those pesky little things called facts. On February 20,

>2003, Mr. Kristol incredibly gushed: " If we free the people of Iraq, we

>will be respected in the Arab world. " This statement shows an amazing lack

>of knowledge of the Arab world or any kind of foreign policy

>sophistication (but does show a great use of Rovian-Foxian expolitation of

>emotion). No one in the Arab world (except maybe, Israel, which is

>geographically located in the " Arab world " ) was calling for the US to

> " free " Iraqis. No one from Iraq except " Curveball " or the slimy and

>profit-motivated, Ahmad Chalabi, both Iraqis who weren't even living in

>the country at the time of the invasion were calling on the USA to

>liberate them. In fact, after many years of murderous sanctions against

>Iraq, a fierce nationalism arose in opposition to the US-UN led sanctions.

>According to National Intelligence Estimates, since the illegal and

>immoral invasion of Iraq, Islamic Jihadism has increased. Mr. Kristol is

>also incredibly ignorant of human nature and human history. No peoples

>like to be occupied. No child, brother or sister, or mother or father, who

>sees a loved one blown away by American or insurgent's bombs will love the

>oppressor. In fact, violence only creates more violence and more life-long

>enemies.

>Now Mr. Kristol is safe behind his desk and computer calling for another

>attack against Iran. I think he hears the non-existent cries of the

>Iranian people to be liberated from their regime. The Iranian people are

>directly next-door to Iraq and they see what US " liberation " brings. It

>comes with the awful price of high civilian casualties; hospitals bombed,

>Doctors killed; no electricity or clean water; and eternal occupation.

>In a recent op-ed for The Weekly Standard, Mr. Kristol makes many more

>tactical and fundamental errors. The ANSWER coalition is calling for mass

>mobilizations begining the week (Sept. 15) that the White House authored

>Petraeus report on the surge is due. Members of Iraq Veterans Against the

>War (IVAW), who are leading the September 15th march, are calling for a

> " die-in " to end the march and begin the rally. The vets, unlike the

>chicken-hawk neocons, have actually served in war, particularly the one

>that Mr. Kristol imagines is such a success. IVAW is asking activists to

>represent a killed service-member and at an appropriate time lie down.

>Taps will be played and also a simulated 21-gun salute. It sounds

>respectful to me, being the mom of one of the soldiers, and I will

>proudly, yet sorrowfully, be lying down for my son that day. Many of the

>march/rally participants will be " dying " to represent the hundreds of

>thousands of Iraqis who have been killed for Mr. Kristol's deceptions.

>Mr. Kristol calls on the " honorable " members of the anti-war movement to

>denounce the die-in and lumps MoveOn.org with other organizers of the

>die-in. MoveOn is not associated with the die-in as they do not support

>non-violent, direct civil disobedience. What I find so amusing is that

>Mr. PNAC-Fox News-Chicken-hawk has made himself the judge of what is honorable.

>Mr. Kristol has a problem with the anti-war movement using the names of

>the fallen without the permission of the families. No one got my

>permission when my sons portrait was used in the pro-war memorial at

>Arlington Cemetery. Casey's name and likeness has been used by pro-war

>people all over the nation without my permission. Why is that okay, Mr.

>Kristol? I know for a fact such memorials as Arlington West, Eyes Wide

>Open and our memorial at Camp Casey would remove names of soldiers at the

>next of kin's request. If any family member so requests, I am sure IVAW

>will do the same thing---but a word of caution:

>Even though the members of IVAW (all my adopted sons and daughters) have a

>big problem with the occupation of Iraq and with the Bush crime family,

>they served their country honorably (unlike Mr. Kristol) and they all

>fought side-by-side with the fallen. They love their brothers and sisters

>and they would themselves have died to take the place of any one of them.

>Do not, never, ever, claim that we families, or the Iraq Vets are

>dishonoring our sons and daughters killed by the lies of The Weekly

>Standard, Fox News, BushCo., et al. That is the biggest lie of all, or

>maybe it's this one that Mr. Kristol told on March 1, 2003:

> " Very few wars in American history were prepared better or more thoroughly

>than this one by this president. "

>I would laugh if I weren't crying so hard.

>If Mr. Kristol gets his PNAC way, by this time next year, we will need a

>lot more people at a die-in.

>http://www.cindyforcongress.org/

 

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