Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Lee Miller Sheehanis an American anti-war activist, whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch—a stand that drew both passionate support and criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. She is a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Her memoir, Peace Mom:...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth10 July 1957
CountryUnited States of America
All of those reports prove my son died needlessly. This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong.
All those reports prove my son died needlessly.
All you have to do is look at New Orleans to see how vulnerable he's made our country.
I think it's going to be an amazing opportunity for the people of America to show their elected officials we mean business when we say we want our troops home,
I think their use of force was pretty excessive for someone that didn't have a permit.
Last night I had fire ants crawling all over me. Physically it's very uncomfortable, but I think of all the soldiers in Iraq who, when it's too hot or too stormy, can't go into town for refuge. As bad as we have it here, it's nothing compared to how bad they have it over there.
Lawyers in Washington (D.C.) are working on that right now. It should be filed next week.
I was a Catholic youth minister for eight years... I'm not Catholic anymore. The church is too misogynistic.
It's remarkable that in a 27- day period Crawford has stood for something other than war. It has stood for peace.
I'm going to go to Washington, D.C. and I'm going to give a speech at the White House, and after I do, I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home,
I'm going to tie myself to the fence and refuse to leave until they agree to bring our troops home, ... And I'll probably get arrested, and when I get out, I'll go back and do the same thing.
I'm going to be sad to leave on August 31st. And you know what? I won't be escaping. I'll be going, and we're going, to take Camp Casey to Congress.
That lying bastard, George Bush, is taking a five-week vacation in time of war, ... tells me why my son died in Iraq. I've got the whole month of August off, and so does he.
Everyone in America should be appalled that that many were killed. What's more obscene, me wearing the number, or that there is a number at all? My son is one of those numbers.