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
He said, 'The sooner I leave, the sooner I'll come back.' He only left home for two weeks before we got his body home in a flag-draped coffin.
It's just snowballed. We have opened up a debate in the country.
Lawyers in Washington (D.C.) are working on that right now. It should be filed next week.
I think their use of force was pretty excessive for someone that didn't have a permit.
That's democracy. He should be doing the will of the people.
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 admire her work and we're working together to tell the story.
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.'
I have lost almost every friend that I had before Casey died.
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'll be laying down and not getting up. When they let me out, I'll do the same thing if I get arrested.
You're taking away our freedoms. The Iraqi people aren't freer, they're much worse off than before you meddled in their country.
I know my son. And I know he would say, 'I don't want any more of my buddies killed just because I'm dead. I want my buddies to come home alive,
This is where I belong, until August 31st, like I told the president.