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
We have a lot of respect for the office of the president, and I have a new respect for him because he was sincere, and he didn't have to take the time to meet with us.
The president says he feels compassion for me, but the best way to show that compassion is by meeting with me and the other mothers and families who are here, ... Our sons made the ultimate sacrifice and we want answers. All we're asking is that he sacrifice an hour out of his five-week vacation to talk to us, before the next mother loses her son in Iraq.
The president is not going to meet with us, probably. We the people need to influence our congressional representatives and I hear he's pretty close by.
I look back on it, and I am very, very, very grateful he did not meet with me, because we have sparked and galvanized the peace movement, ... If he'd met with me, then I would have gone home, and it would have ended there.
In a way, I'm glad he did not come out to meet with me,
All I want is for President Bush to take one hour out of his vacation and meet with me before another mother's son dies in Iraq, ... You don't use our country's precious sons and daughters unless it's absolutely necessary to defend America. Mr. President, it is time to level with the American people.
a good meeting with the president, the end of August, or I get arrested.
I think this is so urgent and necessary that this is what I have to do.
I said, 'Trust me, you don't want to go there', ... He said, 'You're right, I don't.' I said, 'Well, thanks for putting me there.'
Our country does not really know what war is about.
I think I'm more effective on the outside than on the inside.
It is disruptive, ... But George Bush is the one who caused the disruption, not us.
I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. She feels strongly about her position. She has every right in the world to say what she believes. And I've thought long and hard about her position. I've heard her position from others, which is get out of Iraq, now. And it would be a mistake for the security of this country and the ability to lay the foundations for peace in the long run if we were to do so.
I sympathize with Mrs. Sheehan. I've thought long and hard about her position, which is 'get out of Iraq now.' It would be a mistake for the security of this country.