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I would imagine that anyone that loses a child would be prone becomming "Unstable".
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I would imagine that anyone that loses a child would be prone becomming "Unstable".
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I would certainly become unstable over the loss of my son to this war. Actually, I could leave that at "the loss of my son" regardless of the reason. I would imagine the feeling of loss and instability would be worse if it was what I thought of as a pointless death.
Texan, please understand that I mean you no disrespect - but you've never had a child, and you're very young. I think some of your contempt and disrespect for her comes from a very deep lack of understanding of her feelings.
I agree with Dalek - she's keeping his memory alive the only way she knows how, and she is refusing to allow any of us to forget him. I can understand that need.
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and she is refusing to allow any of us to forget him. I can understand that need
But there is a right way and a wrong way to do everything... Mrs. Sheehan is doing it the wrong way under the influence of those who are smarter and more politically adept than she is. By allowing herself to be led by others, despite the protests of the rest of her family, she dishonors an honorable man... her son...
I feel sorry for her... because the manipulators who control her now will never let her let go of her son and move on.... until they have no more use for her... in about 2008... Then she will know the meaning of despair and loss...
I agree with you to some extent - but I disagree that she'll let it go after 2008. She may not get as much airtime then, but I will almost guarantee you that she'll be doing the same thing in 20 years. Some people are emotionally strong enough to realize that their behavior is causing them even more pain, and some people aren't. She isn't - and please realize I'm not putting her down, it's simply the way some people are built.
This is a highly un-PC thing to say - but look at rape victims. Some women have it happen to them, realize it's almost the worst thing that will ever happen to them, process it and move on. Others spend the rest of their lives "hurting" themselves over and over and over again by re-living it and never being able to let it go. One group is deserving of our congratulations for being able to continue to live their lives. The other group is deserving of our sympathy for having this life shattering experience that will never leave them whole again. Cindy Sheehan falls into the second group. She deserves our help and our sympathy, not our contempt and disrespect.
Allow me to clarify my statement. I agree with Tiger, im sure she is hurting from the loss of her son and im in no way trivilizing ( sp?) that. I do feel for her, no I dont have kids but I have 2 cousins in Iraq. One now minus a left leg courtesy of an IED. So please dont give me that line about me not knowing how it feels to lose someone. My age has nothing to do with it either, just because im 21 doesnt mean I act like im 10. She is just going about this all wrong. Everything she has been doing has been detrimental to her son's legacy. Do you think he would want her bashing a cause he believed in? No one forced him to join the military and fight he did it because he WANTED TOO. None of her actions have caused Bush to change anything that he is doing. In conclusion, I feel for her but she is going and exercising her grief in a non productive way that dishonors her son. end rant.
Your right Tex.Tthat wasn't his first tour I believe he volunteered for the tour and it might have been his third, but I might be wrong there, but i know it wasn't his first. He was a mechanic and didn't have to go on that mission that killed him but he wanted to go where his comrades went and fight with them even though the mechs didn't have body armour...the man is a patriot and a hero!
If only his mother could see that again. The moonbats destroyed her!
Tex...your making me get mushy here, but a son will always love his Mother, and while we will never know what he is thinking right now, I would bet he would support his Mum...(Thick or Thin...Blood is thicker then water).Quote:
Do you think he would want her bashing a cause he believed in?
So for us to go on about how she is doing this or that is a bit presumptous in the least..
Sorry Tex, but until you lose a child. this is not a comparison..A cousin losing a leg is tragic, and is something to mourn, but he is alive and will move forward...Sheehan's Son is "DEAD"...not going to be around anymore....don't you think during his first tour, that maybe she was just as proud then as when he went on his second tour, how many tours does it take, to alleviate the knot in your stomach..dreading the day..some faceless person/clergyman pulls up to your door with the bad news, sorry M'am, but we regret to inform you, your Son has been KIA..here are his medals and a flag and the Ph# to inquire about his effects.Have a nice day...Quote:
So please dont give me that line about me not knowing how it feels to lose someone.
How many tours, have these guy's been forced to go on, because the GOv't isn't recruiting as many as they had hoped...I believe some are on their third trip in less then 24 mths, so if a tour is 6 mths each, this means in a 24mth period you could be tasked to do 3 tours, how many of these guy's and gals look forward to that... :rolleyes:
...First, Casey initially signed up in May 2000 and voluntarily re-enlisted in the service in August 2003, knowing he would likely be called into active duty in Iraq. Secondly, as a mechanic in the 1st battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, Casey did not have to go into the battle that claimed his life. When some of his fellow soldiers encountered resistance, he and others in his unit chose to go into combat to save his friends. Cindy Sheehan herself recounted it this way:
The sergeant said, “Sheehan, you don't have to go,” because my son was a mechanic. And Casey said, “Where my chief goes, I go.”
Where this young man went, tragically, was to an early grave. But his death was an act of patriotism and human compassion...
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hlight=Sheehan
Dalek, your correct I have never lost a child but 3 years ago I did lose my best friend in a car crash, she was 17 and not even out of highschool yet. She was #1 in our class. and she was killed in a crash that wasnt even her fault. im not here for a pity party but I can tell you that im pretty sure the hurt I felt and still feel is as close as you can get to that feeling you feel when you lose a child. Its that feeling that she was stolen from this world and me long before she should have been. Yes I know its not the same but what im saying is I know what hurt is. Im not blowing off her emotions or loss it just really bothers me how she is going about things. and thanks for the good wishes about my cousin. He didnt die but he will never be the same because some dumbass rebel decided to plant a bomb in the ground and see how many people he could kill with it. My cousin(s) went to Iraq not for all the political bullshit reasons but because they wanted to protect our freedom. I would have been there if I could but sadly im medically disqualified. Im not too F'ed up just F'ed up enough to be disqualified from the military. Although now with the low recruiting numbers they just might take me :)
http://frontpagemag.org/Articles/Rea...e.asp?ID=23113
She had to be embarased into putting a tombstone on the real grave of her son after the government gave her somewhere around 300k (tax free) and the army would give one for nothing.