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Why I Am Leaving the
Democratic Party
By Cindy Sheehan
05/28/07 "ICH"
--- - 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 "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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