More Cindy Sheehan

I've been devoting a lot of space herein to Cindy Sheehan. I guess my fascination of her derives from the millions who protested the lead-up to this Bush war. Not just here, but globally. Those millions who protested but couldn't help avert this disaster.

Then came the protests of thousands after the war of Iraq was begun. Coverage of the protests became scant. They were but a media sidenote on some back page of Section B. Demonstrations were fewer and their attendence shrank.

But now, almost two and 1/2 years later, support for the war has waned tremendously. Perhaps because the all the reasons for the war were bogus to begin with. Maybe because the greatest military on earth with all of its trillions of dollars invested in high-tech weaponry for 20th century conventional warfare cannot defeat centuries old guerrilla war tactics.

Or maybe you can't liberate people by bombing the shit out of 'em. Maybe torturing and killing them just isn't the best way to sell our brand of "democracy" while reducing their nation to stoneage rubble. Whatever the reason/s, it's apparent the ones who bring such darkness across the land are always the last to see the light.

Ironically, as opposition to the war has grown, demonstrations against it have all but vanished. Except for the demonstration of one. With the backing of a few supporters, Cindy Sheehan has become a one-man anti-war movement that may ignite our national conscience.

What follows are a few thoughts on Bush and his war by a Cindy Sheehan, grief stricken mom, who paid the extreme price of a son:

“That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war.”

“Quit saying that U.S. troops died for a noble cause in Iraq, unless you say, ‘well, except for Casey Sheehan.’ Don’t you dare spill any more blood in Casey’s name. You do not have permission to use my son’s name.”

“And the other thing I want him to tell me is ‘just what was the noble cause Casey died for?’ Was it freedom and democracy? Bullshit! He died for oil. He died to make your friends richer. He died to expand American imperialism in the Middle East."

“There, I used the ‘I’ word – imperialism,” the 48 year-old mother quipped. “And now I’m going to use another ‘I’ word – impeachment – because we cannot have these people pardoned. They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail.”

Pretty strong words. It's understandable why Bush ignores Sheehan and hopes she'll just go away. Somehow that doesn't seem likely. Of course, there's that rumor of her impending arrest on Thursday. She's becoming a national security risk!