{news} FW:Cindy Sheehan: leaving the Democratic Party and calling for July 4 meeting

[Charlie Pillsbury]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/5/26/10135/7518


Dear Democratic Congress 


by CindySheehan 


Sat May 26, 2007 at 07:03:16 AM PDT


May 26, 2007 
Dublin, Ireland

Dear Democratic Congress,

Hello, my name is Cindy Sheehan and my son Casey Sheehan was killed on April
04, 2004 in Sadr City , Baghdad , Iraq . He was killed when the Republicans
still were in control of Congress. Naively, I set off on my tireless
campaign calling on Congress to rescind George’s authority to wage his war
of terror while asking him "for what noble cause" did Casey and thousands of
other have to die. Now, with Democrats in control of Congress, I have lost
my optimistic naiveté and have become cynically pessimistic as I see you all
caving into as one Daily Kos poster called: "Mr. 28%"

There is absolutely no sane or defensible reason for you to hand Bloody King
George more money to condemn more of our brave, tired, and damaged soldiers
and the people of Iraq to more death and carnage. You think giving him more
money is politically expedient, but it is a moral abomination and every
second the occupation of Iraq endures, you all have more blood on your
hands.

Ms. Pelosi, Speaker of the House, said after George signed the new weak as a
newborn baby funding authorization bill: "Now, I think the president’s
policy will begin to unravel." Begin to unravel? How many more of our
children will have to be killed and how much more of Iraq will have to be
demolished before you all think enough unraveling has occurred? How many
more crimes will BushCo be allowed to commit while their poll numbers are
crumbling before you all gain the political "courage" to hold them
accountable. If Iraq hasn’t unraveled in Ms. Pelosi’s mind, what will it
take? With almost 700,000 Iraqis dead and four million refugees (which the
US refuses to admit) how could it get worse? Well, it is getting worse and
it can get much worse thanks to your complicity.

Being cynically pessimistic, it seems to me that this new vote to extend the
war until the end of September, (and let’s face it, on October 1st, you will
give him more money after some more theatrics, which you think are fooling
the anti-war faction of your party) will feed right into the presidential
primary season and you believe that if you just hang on until then, the
Democrats will be able to re-take the White House. Didn’t you see how "well"
that worked for John Kerry in 2004 when he played the politics of careful
fence sitting and pandering? The American electorate are getting disgusted
with weaklings who blow where the wind takes them while frittering away our
precious lifeblood and borrowing money from our new owners, the Chinese.

I knew having a Democratic Congress would make no difference in grassroots
action. That’s why we went to DC when you all were sworn in to tell you that
we wanted the troops back from Iraq and BushCo held accountable while you
pushed for ethics reform which is quite a hoot...don’t’ you think? We all
know that it is affordable for you all to play this game of political mayhem
because you have no children in harm’s way...let me tell you what it is
like:

You watch your reluctant soldier march off to a war that neither you nor he
agrees with. Once your soldier leaves the country all you can do is worry.
You lie awake at night staring at the moon wondering if today will be the
day that you get that dreaded knock on your door. You can’t concentrate, you
can’t eat, and your entire life becomes consumed with apprehension while you
are waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Then, when your worst fears are realized, you begin a life of constant pain,
regret, and longing. Everyday is hard, but then you come up on "special"
days...like upcoming Memorial Day. Memorial Day holds double pain for me
because, not only are we supposed to honor our fallen troops, but Casey was
born on Memorial Day in 1979. It used to be a day of celebration for us and
now it is a day of despair. Our needlessly killed soldiers of this war and
the past conflict in Vietnam have all left an unnecessary trail of sorrow
and deep holes of absence that will never be filled.

So, Democratic Congress, with the current daily death toll of 3.72 troops
per day, you have condemned 473 more to these early graves. 473 more lives
wasted for your political greed: Thousands of broken hearts because of your
cowardice and avarice. How can you even go to sleep at night or look at
yourselves in a mirror? How do you put behind you the screaming mothers on
both sides of the conflict? How does the agony you have created escape you?
It will never escape me...I can’t run far enough or hide well enough to get
away from it.

By the end of September, we will be about 80 troops short of another bloody
milestone: 4000, and MoveOn.org will hold nationwide candlelight vigils and
you all will be busy passing legislation that will snuff the lights out of
thousands more human beings.

Congratulations Congress, you have bought yourself a few more months of an
illegal and immoral bloodbath. And you know you mean to continue it
indefinitely so "other presidents" can solve the horrid problem BushCo
forced our world into.

It used to be George Bush’s war. You could have ended it honorably. Now it
is yours and you all will descend into calumnious history with BushCo.

The Camp Casey Peace Institute is calling all citizens who are as disgusted
as we are with you all to join us in Philadelphia on July 4th to try and
figure a way out of this "two" party system that is bought and paid for by
the war machine which has a stranglehold on every aspect of our lives. As
for myself, I am leaving the Democratic Party. You have completely failed
those who put you in power to change the direction our country is heading.
We did not elect you to help sink our ship of state but to guide it to safe
harbor.

We do not condone our government’s violent meddling in sovereign countries
and we condemn the continued murderous occupation of Iraq .

We gave you a chance, you betrayed us.

Sincerely, 
Cindy Sheehan 
Founder and President of 
Gold Star Families for Peace.

Founder and Director of 
The Camp Casey Peace Institute

Eternally grieving mother of Casey Sheehan        

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