Re: Cindy, nobody cares!!!
JB,<br /><br />To be honest she lost her status as grieving mom when she took up arms against our CIC. How many greiving moms supported protests at Army hospitals? How did aleigning herself with Mike Moore help her son? Why did she simply give up custody of her son and not visit him for 8 years while on her wacko left wing crusade? How could she possible know why her son joined the military? She speaks as though she was a involved and supportive mother when she was far from it. Why is it that her gold star husband had to file for divorce to distance himself from her radicalism? Why is it that the gold star father has stated he is proud of his son and his mission? Why is it that she used the names of other soldiers in her campaign on propaganda crosses after she was specifically told by the parents not to? Then have them removed in anger and have them yet again replaced? Her expressions has brought great pain to many families who also make the ultimate sacrifice thus exacerbating their suffering.<br /><br />Real grieving mothers have at least one thing in common, a son or daughter that they loved. She opted out of her sons life and then invoked some kind of gold star mothers right to bash. How many mothers of soldiers that died got to meet with any president in any war? She feels she is entitled to multiple visits because she is a media darling? She is the worst form of mother, one who used her sons death as an opportunity to celebrity.<br /><br />Twenty-four-year-old Army Spc. Casey Sheehan had re-enlisted the August prior to his death, and had planned to make a career in the military. A year ago Sheehan's father told reporters that Casey "loved the Army because it gave him a chance to serve his country."<br /><br />Sheehan also says she only wants to ask the president why he killed her son, something she failed to ask during their first meeting at Fort Lewis near Seattle on June 24, 2004. "'I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis," she told the Reporter newspaper of Vacaville, California, after that visit. "I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith." Back then Sheehan asked the President to make her "son's sacrifice count for something." I find this type of statement reasonable. The she morphed into the left wing bomb throwing hater of the United States. She feels comfortable making anti-semtic comments and hanging out with the convicted felon who represented terrorists and tried to assist in their agenda from prison. Helping the troops? I am missing how this assists the mission.<br /><br />It is consistant enough to love your country, disagree with the president, and support the troops all at the same time. She doesn't.<br /><br />Fortunately most Americans appreciate the sacrifice of our young men and women in Iraq. As one Gulf War veteran has noted, "[Casey's] death only becomes meaningless when we back home choose to NOT honor his mission and his sacrifice." She not only dishonors his memory but all who served, died, and support the effort.<br /><br />IMHO she relinquished her status of grieving mother when she decided that little visits to Jay Leno, and CNN, and MSNBC, Michael Moores web site, Headline News, NBC, CBS, ABC, and PBS (which she walk off of due to one tough question) made herself a celebrity. And then used this celebrity to forward her personal agenda. Her insulting the parents of others and using their memory to forward her message isn't consistant with a grieving mother either. What exactly gave her the right to attack the president over Katrina? It is interesting how some would invoke civility towards her motives and then with NO direct knowledge accuse Bush of secret agendas and lies.
....JK
