Get the FREAKIN' DUCT TAPE!!!
By Deborah Zabarenko
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son's death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq.
"I'm going to go to Washington, D.C. and I'm going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home," Sheehan said in a telephone interview last week as the milestone approached. "And I'll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I'll go back and do the same thing," she said.
The death toll among U.S. military forces since the March 2003 invasion stood at 1,996 on Sunday. The milestone's approach prompted plans for hundreds of other demonstrations across the United States, but for Sheehan, each military death in the Iraqi war has been a tragedy. "To me, every single member since Number One has been tragic and needless and unnecessary," she said. "My son was somewhere around 615, and I've been working so hard for peace since my son was killed and now almost 1,400 more soldiers have been killed since Casey died."
Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004.
Beyond Sheehan's plans, a candlelight vigil is planned at the White House to mourn the 2,000-death milestone. Hundreds of other demonstrations are scheduled for the day after the milestone number is reached.
"I hope that this milestone marks the point when the American people realize the U.S. military is not going to stop the violence in Iraq, and they instead start demanding a political solution to this problem," Sean O'Neill, a U.S. Marine who served in Iraq, said in a statement.
You can almost see these people rubbing their hands together, eagerly awaiting the 2,000th death. They are looking forward to it for political statements. If Cindy ties herself to the fence (knowing she won't get anywere) once, MAYBE twice and the media moves on, 'cause no one gives a crap, she'll find some other way to try to exploit her son's death for her own ego.
Cindy said: "To me, every single member since Number One has been tragic" and in the next breath: "I've been working so hard for peace since my son was killed" No you haven't, you LIAR!!! You met with Bush, you said he was a kind, understanding man! It was a year later that you figured you'd go stupid! Every death is not tragic to Cindy, she accepts them gleefully, as it makes the media look to her to spout off more gibberish.
Here's a little number crunching for you:
In Vietnam, 58,000 Americans were killed in action in a war that was eventually lost. In Korea, 38,000 Americans were lost in a war that ended as a draw. Lack of victory left a legacy of tyranny and genocide in a Communist-dominated postwar Southeast Asia, while a despotic North Korea still threatens world peace with the specter of nuclear weapons. The liberation and reconstruction of Iraq offers a much better outcome at much lower cost.
Given the availability of weapons and explosives in Iraq, if there was a real popular uprising against Americans, the U.S. presence would prove quickly untenable, but this is not the case. Terrorism is the weapon of the weak and cannot defeat the superior military presence of the United States and its allies. President Bush will not be terrorized into retreating, though there is the danger that continuing casualties could be exploited politically by those Democrats who seem to welcome being terrorized.
2,000 is a lot, but it is the least amount lost for Freedom of a country to date in the history of the world.
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son's death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq.
"I'm going to go to Washington, D.C. and I'm going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home," Sheehan said in a telephone interview last week as the milestone approached. "And I'll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I'll go back and do the same thing," she said.
The death toll among U.S. military forces since the March 2003 invasion stood at 1,996 on Sunday. The milestone's approach prompted plans for hundreds of other demonstrations across the United States, but for Sheehan, each military death in the Iraqi war has been a tragedy. "To me, every single member since Number One has been tragic and needless and unnecessary," she said. "My son was somewhere around 615, and I've been working so hard for peace since my son was killed and now almost 1,400 more soldiers have been killed since Casey died."
Army Specialist Casey Sheehan was killed in Iraq on April 4, 2004.
Beyond Sheehan's plans, a candlelight vigil is planned at the White House to mourn the 2,000-death milestone. Hundreds of other demonstrations are scheduled for the day after the milestone number is reached.
"I hope that this milestone marks the point when the American people realize the U.S. military is not going to stop the violence in Iraq, and they instead start demanding a political solution to this problem," Sean O'Neill, a U.S. Marine who served in Iraq, said in a statement.
You can almost see these people rubbing their hands together, eagerly awaiting the 2,000th death. They are looking forward to it for political statements. If Cindy ties herself to the fence (knowing she won't get anywere) once, MAYBE twice and the media moves on, 'cause no one gives a crap, she'll find some other way to try to exploit her son's death for her own ego.
Cindy said: "To me, every single member since Number One has been tragic" and in the next breath: "I've been working so hard for peace since my son was killed" No you haven't, you LIAR!!! You met with Bush, you said he was a kind, understanding man! It was a year later that you figured you'd go stupid! Every death is not tragic to Cindy, she accepts them gleefully, as it makes the media look to her to spout off more gibberish.
Here's a little number crunching for you:
In Vietnam, 58,000 Americans were killed in action in a war that was eventually lost. In Korea, 38,000 Americans were lost in a war that ended as a draw. Lack of victory left a legacy of tyranny and genocide in a Communist-dominated postwar Southeast Asia, while a despotic North Korea still threatens world peace with the specter of nuclear weapons. The liberation and reconstruction of Iraq offers a much better outcome at much lower cost.
Given the availability of weapons and explosives in Iraq, if there was a real popular uprising against Americans, the U.S. presence would prove quickly untenable, but this is not the case. Terrorism is the weapon of the weak and cannot defeat the superior military presence of the United States and its allies. President Bush will not be terrorized into retreating, though there is the danger that continuing casualties could be exploited politically by those Democrats who seem to welcome being terrorized.
2,000 is a lot, but it is the least amount lost for Freedom of a country to date in the history of the world.
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