Cindy Sheehan calls it quits! What is your opinion on her crusade?

Question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070529/ap_on_re_us/cindy_sheehan

Do you feel, as some do, that she was a grieved mother who was standing for her dead son? Or, as others believe, she was using her son's death as a platform for notoriety? What about the fact that Casey Sheehan was proud to be serving in the liberation of Iraq?

For information_police: I can see why you picked your moniker, since you believe that you are the info police! It's known that he fully believed in what we're doing in Iraq and he beleived that we're liberating Iraq! Since I made it a point to present the views without prejudice, I must conclude that the prejudice is yours!

Answer 1

In my own personal opinion, since her son was proud of his service, and was willing to risk his life in Iraq, she should have respected his wishes, and respected his memory. To say over and over that his death was worthless and had no meaning was disrespecting his wishes and his memory in my opinion.

Of course, as a grieving mother, she had a right to be upset about his death, especially if she did not agree with the war. I think she wanted her 15 minutes of frame, and sadly, used her dead child to get it.

Answer 2

She has a right to grieve and question our leaders...she does not have a right to mis represent her son's feelings as they related to the war for her own self promotion. Casey reenlisted knowing full well he would be sent to Iraq. The family knew Casey believed in the war effort...and that is why the Sheehan family is now estranged from Cindy,.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I think the former.

I think it is normal for most soldiers to believe in what they are fighting for, because it is too depressing to realize they are risking their lives for nothing. It is survival instinct for people who are endangered to band together.

Cindy Sheehan believed in the cause too, while her son was alive. She didn't want to think that his possible death was for nought. It took a while after he died for it to sink in that his death was for nothing. This was reinforced when the President refused to answer her question: what great thing did my son die for.

Your question even shows the whole screwed up nature of the fight. You say that Casey was proud to be serving in the liberation of Iraq. Well, is THAT what they soldiers think they were signing up for? Most of them will cite defending their own country as the reason. Yet, you recognize in your question that they are NOT fighting for us.

Cindy has been leading the protest for about 3 years now. I don't blame her for being tired. She has done a noble thing. It is up to others to carry on. It is not about one woman's fight. It is about us all.

Answer 5

She was right in her campaign to stop the war. George Bush and his boyfriend Tony Blair should be charged with causing the death of her son along with the over 3500 US and British soldiers who have died. These two criminals should also be charged with waging agressive war and the murders of over 600,000 Iraqis. Cindy Sheehan is a hero who deserves respect

Answer 6

I think that she was using her sons name as a platform for notoriety... I don't see anything positive that has came out of her doing this, it has accomplished absolutely NOTHING.... She acts as if she were a dedicated mother to him, yet she gave him up when he was young and is going through another divorce and giving up custody of another son... She is a poor excuse for a human being in my opinion.

Answer 7

I think the con argument is stupid. Are Bush and Guiliani using 911 to promote their agenda? Is that guy from America's most wanted using the death of his loved one to promote his agenda and make lots of money?

It's a bullshit argument.

Cindy Sheehan lost her son. Her SON. This was somebody she loved dearly. She probably feels like many people who tragically lose people they love. They don't want to feel like their loved one died for nothing. They want to do something so that the same thing doesn't happen to other people.

For example, I recently saw a documentary about an organization consisting of family of violent crime victims. These people voluntarily go to prison to tell their story to prisoners in the hope that their story will make a difference. It's like they want to do something to pay tribute to their lost one. They don't just want to go back to their usual routine as if nothing ever happened.

Answer 8

I think Cindy not only had a right to speak up as she did, but she did a good job doing it and did not back down for anybody. Regardless, she lost a son, in what she feels like is a baseless war. Too many mothers are losing their sons and daughters in Iraq...it's time to pull out, we have served our purpose....

Answer 9

Her initial intentions were good, but when she started taking flights to Cuba and Venezuela...standing on the same stage as Castro and Chavez, she had crossed the line. She no longer became a crusader against the war , but a combatant to our Government.

Answer 10

Casey Sheehan's feelings about Iraq have nothing to do with his mother's feelings about his death.

Is it impossible for a mother to become angry over losing her son even though he wasn't against the war? I don't see how.

I admire her for everything she did. She lost her son in a Republican war and was then painted as a monster by Republicans when she spoke out against it. The hate she had thrown at her by supposed freedom lovers for using her freedom of speech is just mind blowing.