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Fifth Column
Mother Sheehan: Don't attack Iran
2006-04-13
Turning her attention from Iraq to Iran, anti-Americanwar activist Cindy Sheehan insists the U.S. has no justification for any kind of military response to the emerging nuclear threat from Iran, which today declared it successfully has enriched uranium. Writing in the left-wing Buzzflash.com, Sheehan said that after a war in Iraq, President Bush, the "swaggering imbecile of a 'leaker in chief' has the nerve to be trying to sell all of us on a new war in Iran. Do the warped neocons with their puppet president think that we are all stupid?"
I don't know about all, but as for you...
" Fool us once, shame on us, fool us, -- well, we just can't be fooled again," she writes.
You are a fool right now.
Iran announced today it has enriched uranium for the first time, a major development in its plan to develop nuclear fuel. A fairy tale story in the New Yorker by journalist Seymour Hersh, quoting non-existent anonymous sources, indicated the White House is preparing contingency plans that include the possibility of using nuclear bunker-buster bombs to take out Iranian underground facilities. Sheehan said the U.S. possession of nuclear weapons is "crazy, but talking about deploying them is sheer insanity."
But Iranian possession is just peachy.
She fears this could lead to a world war. "With all of the 'Left Behind' religious fanatics praying for Armageddon, this thought is made even scarier by the fake believers in the White House who are exploiting the neo-Christian idea that Jesus was a war monger and anything our great leader does is okay, because he is a Christian man!" she declares. The U.S. also "must not even, for one moment, contemplate a conventional invasion in Iran either," she said. "No matter how George Bush lies about how rosy things are in Iraq, they aren't, and Iraq is proof that war of any kind is a horribly tragic way to solve problems."

She said the U.S. "must elect leaders that will get at the root causes of terrorism and not pretend that every terrorist can ever be killed to satisfy some kind of primeval bloodlust that flows through the war machine's veins. When our leaders go terrorist hunting they kill innocent men, women and children and they, themselves, become the very thing that they are trying to teach us to loathe."

Sheehan was arrested in January just prior to President Bush's State of the Union address, as she displayed a shirt proclaiming the number of dead American soldiers in Iraq. Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq and has since called terrorists "freedom fighters,"
bet her son would have loved that
said while she was not looking to cause any disturbance, she did wear the shirt "to make a statement."
You made it: you are an evil traitor. I don't buy the "grief" thing; you know exactly what you are doing. Why don't you try to stop a bulldozer?
Posted by:K. Annan

#22  f*ck cindy sheehan.
Posted by: bgrebel   2006-04-13 20:10  

#21  BH... Instead of Mother Sheehan, how about this?
Cindy Underestimates Nasty Terrorists!
Posted by: Gir   2006-04-13 17:52  

#20   "must elect leaders that will get at the root causes of terrorism"

I am so tired of this statement, to me it is obvious that Islam is the root cause for current terrorism. By definition terrorism is not a byproduct of a situation but more of an instrument in which one can achieve a certain goals. Much like war achieves a political situation different from an existing one.

Lefties seem to not able or willing to admit the obvious. A look at today's terror events all have a common denominator.
If we were able to call a spade a spade without the racism cries, this country could move forward and lead the world to better things. However with people like Snagglebrain Sheehan making headlines instead of Real and Accurate news items I fear the worst.
Posted by: SCpatriot   2006-04-13 17:01  

#19  Lunar Rover
Posted by: SR-71   2006-04-13 16:00  

#18  A fairy tale story in the New Yorker by journalist Seymour Hersh, quoting non-existent anonymous sources, indicated the White House is preparing contingency plans that include the possibility of using nuclear bunker-buster bombs to take out Iranian underground facilities.

I, for one, am glad that our military IS preparing "contingency plans" for Iran. And, to include the possibility of (low-yield) nuclear bunker-buster bombs SHOULD be included. That's what a contingency plan is...prepare for ALL scenarios. In fact, I'd be more worried if we didn't include them in the plan. And, as always, the media places this "scare factor" into "nuclear weapons." (as in our low-yield bunker busters). Would mutha Sheehan prefer Berkley to be glowing by the MM's, or us use (again, low yield) bunker busters just to bust up some underground facilities? I think I know the answer to that one, and unfortunately, the MM's won't attack "friendly ground."
Posted by: BA   2006-04-13 15:38  

#17  noooooo! She's my friend. I like her. Give her a microphone. Let the world see what the anti-war movement is about. Menopausal women in need of HRT.

Go Cindy.
Posted by: 2b   2006-04-13 13:52  

#16  wxJames: Actually, when Cindy says NO, it's a GO !

Took the words right out of my mouth. I'd go to war with Iran just to spite the bitch...
Posted by: Ptah   2006-04-13 13:43  

#15  we should get equal time for all of the free press she has gotten.
Damn and I thought we were done with her, how is it she keeps coming back?!
'Half Baked Sheehan' may work. I thought of a few other choice labels but didn't want to get sinktrapped here lol
Posted by: Jan   2006-04-13 12:24  

#14  As I've said many times, I like Cindy Sheehan. I can see why the anti-war movement likes her and has chosen her for their poster child; she represents them.

The over 50's crowd who identify with Cindy are just like Cindy Sheehan. Aging, geeky, wit their entire sense of identity wrapped around their brief moment of youthful coolness that they once felt back in the 70's. It was their happy days. In the 50's it was the local soda shop. In the 70's it was sitting on the grass on a beautiful sunny day during a protest movement.

Today, they may be overweight, aging, and on the wrong side of history - but through Cindy they can relive those happy summers when they were young, carefree and - for a just brief moment - a true member of the in crowd.
Posted by: 2b   2006-04-13 12:21  

#13  This woman is just a national embarrassment.
Posted by: jim#6   2006-04-13 11:43  

#12  Poor Cindy, she needs to read this:
HRT

Posted by: 2b   2006-04-13 11:41  

#11  Muthah Sheehan
Posted by: Frank G   2006-04-13 11:38  

#10  Actually, when Cindy says NO, it's a GO !
Posted by: wxjames   2006-04-13 11:11  

#9  Could we please refrain from calling the dog-faced wonder by her moonbat inspired nickname "Mother Sheehan"? It lends her a certain air of spirituality and dignity that she does not deserve. She's been doing a lot of travel lately, both here and abroad. May I recommend "Rover"?
Posted by: BH   2006-04-13 11:08  

#8  Why they don't employ my "skunks for hippies" plan is beyond me. A few skunks tossed amongst the campers at night would send them running to the next county. Also it is low-cost and environmentally safe.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2006-04-13 10:59  

#7  Cindy who?
Posted by: mojo   2006-04-13 10:24  

#6  Oh, boy, she's found a new gravy train.
Posted by: tu3031   2006-04-13 10:16  

#5  
funny how the old marxist bag always turns up after big events such as katrina or the imigration marches. oh, yeah, i heard she had a son killed in iraq.
Posted by: macofromoc   2006-04-13 10:14  

#4  not pretend that every terrorist can ever be killed to satisfy some kind of primeval bloodlust that flows through the war machine's veins.

Well that's one motivation. Leaving them in bloody fragments so that they cannot kill kids at school and old people on buses is another.
Posted by: lotp   2006-04-13 09:25  

#3  RD, I'm sure she will, once she remembers where he is buried.
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2006-04-13 08:57  

#2  buy a headstone you shameless #@$%#.
Posted by: RD   2006-04-13 05:32  

#1  No surprise here - STAY ARMED AND READY FOR ANYTHING, BOYS. The RINO, agenda-less DemoLefties have nuthin for 2008 POTUS ELex except new 9-11's and geopol-nuclear brinkmanship, to include region-specific limited nuclear war. They want us to believe its "politics as usual" but its NOT. Any cabal, to include anti-Amer Americans, that IMHO is willing to destroy, or collude/conspire in destroying, 3000 + of their fellow Americans has no scruples killing larger numbers to empower their agenda of Revolution, Fractionalism, Anarchies, anti-US OWG and Socialist World Order, etal. Iran has said it will attack America iff it or Israel attacks Iran, which in the end doesn't mean anything within the context of Iran's suppor for Global Caliphate and revived Persian Empires. America risks being attacked later anyways except this time by a nuclearized, missle-armed, potent Iran. Wid MadMoud and the Mullahs going hell-bent for dev nuke weapons and LR missle capabilities, THE GLITCH/SNAFU FOR THE DEMS IS WHETHER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTROL OR EXTRICATE THEMSELVES AND THEIR OWN FROM THE VERY SAME BRINKMANSHIP AND POTEN NUKE WAR THEY THEMSELVES EMPOWERED AND DESIRED TO USE AGAINST THE GOP-RIGHT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-04-13 02:26  

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