Bad American

On this thread are the following readers post from Cindy Sheehan.

I may have disagreed with her going to Egypt but I will defend her right to have a voice in the so-called progressive blogosphere. If CommonDreams is no longer printing her material, something very bad is going on.

Witness:

1. cindysheehan March 15th, 2008 9:36 pm
   For some reason, CD is not posting my articles. I wrote one last week about the truth about what happened in Iraq to my son, Casey.
   Although it tears me apart to know he was forced to go into the battle that killed him, I have never been so proud of him. He said “no” he was a conscientious objector.

   I met a young CO today at an action in Richmond, Ca and he had the exact same experience as Casey, but he refused to go to Iraq from Germany and he is alive.

   Please read: The Casey Sheehan Doctrine here:

   www.cindyforcongress.org
   Love
   Cindy

2. USAn March 15th, 2008 10:40 pm
   Cindy,

   I hope I am off-base about this. But with all this mania over the democratic candidates, I am getting a sense among “liberals” like those who run this web site, that discussion of over the criminal actions in Iraq, is becoming, well, “unfashionable”.

   We are being subtly, or not-so subtly, pressured to get behind one or the other Democratic candidates, avoid independent candidates at all cost, and set Bush’s crimes aside.

3. KEM PATRICK March 15th, 2008 10:56 pm
   ~Cindy~ It’s not uncommon for an editor to hold an article for a week or more, timing is often relevant and perhaps they didn’t want your article to be over-shadowed by some other current issues.
4. fist March 15th, 2008 11:01 pm
   I support our soldiers - as humans born into such a fate. I’ve lived through the riots and war zones here in the sixties of the US of A. I didn’t ask for it. People have shot at me. I held a .45 at a man’s head while he had an AK at my gut - for five hellish minutes. And we both survived.

   No one can IMAGINE what it is to face or deal out death. No one. It is ironically only something that can be lived … like love…

   It is but by some divine grace that any of us can go in peace!

   I will always support ANYONE who has had to take up arms to defend…

   And pray they at some point can rest in this grace…called peace.

5. David Farrelly March 15th, 2008 11:10 pm
   I got a black eye in my yellow ribbon,
   an Arab fist I’ll feel forevermore.
   Seems I hardly ever even left my crib ‘n’
   here’s this coffin coming through the door.
6. cindysheehan March 15th, 2008 11:11 pm
   Dear Kem
   CD has not posted the last 4 articles I have sent here.
   I have no idea why??? I can’t even speculate. Maybe they
   weren’t good enough.

   All my articles can be read at my website.
   www.cindyforcongress.org

   Love
   Cindy