Why is our president and the so called LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD so afraid
of Casey Sheehan's Mother??? Why didn't he meet with her a over a year ago??
What is our Noble cause that has killed 2100 Americans and over ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND IRAQIS!!! We are making terrorist faster than we can KILL THEM!! Our
liberties are being destroyed because of this war! Forward this to anyone you
can think of. By the way call your senator and ask them to IMPEACH bUSH and
get us out of this insane war! Takes 2 minutes!
What Does Cindy Sheehan Really Want? by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers
by Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers
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The Cindy Sheehan "Camp Casey" phenomenon grows daily. It has spread like
wildfire capturing the imagination of Americans all across the country
foreigners alike and has lit a fire in the hearts of so many who seemed to
have given up long ago. But Cindy Sheehan has come under attack from many sides
in these last few weeks. Does she really have an ulterior motive? Is she using
her sons death for a hidden purpose? Or is she just what she says she is: An
angry mother who wants answers? I went to the United States to meet with her
personally and to find out for myself I wanted to know if she was doing this
protest for real.
I arrived late in the evening in Austin, Texas on Sunday night August 14th.
After unpacking my bags and some small talk, I was ready for a nightcap and
some sleep. The nightcap was impossible because this was "Gods country" I was
told, and it is illegal to sell alcohol after midnight. I was flabbergasted.
Why, oh why had I returned to this nutty Socialist nanny state?
"You mean to tell me that a person cannot go and buy alcohol after 12 to
consume inside the privacy of their own home according to the laws of Texas?" I
couldnt believe it. "Thats the law." was the reply. Well, so much for the
so-called Land of the Free. I thought. Cant wait to get back to Japan a much
freer country where you can buy whatever you want, anytime you want.
But I digress, this is not an article criticizing the lack of freedoms you
poor folks have in the United States. This is about Cindy Sheehan. I hear that
Cindy Sheehan has started a spark that is uniting a fragmented country and that
this is the beginning of the end of the Iraq War. I came to Crawford, Texas to
put my money where my mouth is. Personally, I am dead-set against this Iraq War
and I know that George W. Bush and his crew deserve to be impeached and tried
for treason. Some have said to me that if I felt so strongly about this, then
why dont I return to the United States? Well, I did. And while I was there, I
am happy to report, I saw a small part of the America I thought no longer
existed. I saw that there still is an America in the hearts of those who chose
to stand up and be counted. And now I ask all of you, whether you are for this
war or against it: Put up or shut up. As your president said, "You are either
with us or against us." Even a broken clock is right twice
a day, and by some strange ironic twist of fate, Georgie-boy could be right
for once. Now is the time to join the anti-war movement and support Cindy
Sheehan or support the war by joining up for the armed forces today. You have
no excuses. And that goes for you Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Bill OReilly,
Jenna and Barbara Bush; as well as out-of-work Tucker Carlson. You all have no
excuse for not joining up. Pat Tillman made a heck of a lot more money than any
of you do and he joined up. Age is no excuse either as the Army took a 72
year-old woman from Syracuse, New York. Its time now for all Americans to
either put up or shut up.
I wanted to show Cindy Sheehan that I am 110% behind her as are the people
of Japan. I came the 8000 kilometers, risked my safety due to the "no fly list"
(A few fake letters here and there just goes to show you how screwed up
Homeland Security is) and I came to support Cindy Sheehan and Camp Casey. I
"put up."
The morning after arriving, I awoke at 6 AM. Scott Horton from Antiwar.com
agreed to drive to Crawford, Texas to see for ourselves just what exactly was
going on at Cindy Sheehans vigil. The vigil had grown in the last 6 days from
one woman sitting in a lawn-chair along the side of the road into a virtual
uproar of people from all parts of the world showing up in solidarity with the
mother of a son who died in Iraq.
Looking at the daily paper I saw that the media were having a field day. The
right wing smear machine was out in all its resentful guilt-ridden glory. They
were attacking her as being Anti-American. Of course there is something to be
said for that particular right-wing slur: In todays America, what kind of a
mother raises her child to become an honor student, a boy scout, and a
decorated war-hero? I guess if that makes Cindy Sheehan anti-American then that
explains what kind of a cesspool people like Bill OReilly came from.
And for the rest of the right wing who wish to slander the mother of a fallen
soldier I say to you, dear reader, that they can be ignored for they are the
vilest form of humanity. This womans own flesh and blood made the ultimate
sacrifice and those hypocrites will slander her? Think about it: Who is the
hateful anti-American in this picture? The mother of the fallen soldier; or the
TV/radio talking head who has never seen service?
When we arrived at the Crawford Peace House, the first stop before Camp
Casey, I was shocked to see how a small grass-roots movement like this could
turn into a national phenomenon. Many people gave me hugs of joy and told me
that I was "witnessing the beginning of the end." I wasnt sure if they meant
the beginning of the end of the Iraq War or the beginning of the end of George
W. Bush. In my mind, they go hand in hand. But this was not my event. This was
Cindy Sheehans event.
The actual Camp Casey surprised me with its simplicity. It wasnt much
really. It was just a few dozen cars and a couple dozen tents along the side of
the road. I thought, This is what has become a social movement in the United
States!? This simple, made-in-USA, protest by a mom as American as they come?
This is what is snowballing into what could become George W. Bushs Waterloo?
What an idiot this president must surely be! Anybody with just one iota of
common sense would have met with this American mother on the first day of her
protest and ended this. But this, sadly, is not a person with any common sense.
This is George W. Bush: The simpleton President of the United States the
mental giant who claims to have never made a mistake.
This Cindy Sheehan protest movement shows everyone just what a straw dog
George W. Bush and his cronies are. Sorry, George, you are at least 0 for 3.
Youve lost Afghanistan; youve lost Iraq; and now youve lost the American
public because you are not enough of a man to go toe-to-toe with this American
mom.
Now the right wing media are pulling out all stops to smear Cindy Sheehan.
They are saying that she has a "left wing agenda" or that she is doing this or
talking that. I interviewed Cindy Sheehan. What she wants is very simple. What
she wants crosses all political boundaries and has no hidden agenda: She wants
this war to end. Period.
Here is a transcript of a short, no frills interview I took with Cindy
Sheehan on the morning of Monday, August 15th, 2005 at the Crawford Peace
House:
Me: How long have you been here? When did you start?
Cindy: Last Saturday at about 12:30.
Me: What are you doing here?
Cindy: I want the president to talk to me and give me answers.
Me: About what?
Cindy: I want to know what noble cause my son died for. I want to know if it
is such a noble cause, does he encourage his daughters to enlist and take the
place of some soldiers who may want to come home? And then I want him to stop
using my sons memory to stop justifying the continued killing. My sons memory
is standing for peace. I dont want it to stand for war and killing.
Me: Why doesnt President Bush come to meet you?
Cindy: Hes probably afraid.
Me: Afraid of what?
Cindy: The truth. Hes afraid of facing a mother whos here because of a
broken heart and who wants the truth from him."
Thats it. The who, what, when, where, and why of Cindy Sheehan. Now you tell
me, who is anti-American: This American mother who lost her war hero son and
now wants some answers; or this lying excuse for a man who hasnt the guts to
face her?
George W. Bush, you are a damned all-American disgrace. Cindy Sheehan has no
hidden agenda. She just wants answers. I personally have no hidden agenda
either: I pray for the day I see you, George W. Bush, in chains.
To support Camp Casey and a non-political antiwar movement contact:
The Crawford Peace House
9142 5th Street
Crawford, TX. 76638-3037
Tel: 254-486-0099
August 20, 2005
Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers [send him mail] was born and raised in the USA and
moved to Japan in 1984. He has the distinction of being fired from every FM
radio station in Tokyo one of them three times. His first book, Schizophrenic
in Japan, is now on sale.
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