None Dare Call It Treason? (Part Two)
Mark Coffey
Decision '08
Cindy Sheehan, comparing George W. Bush to Osbama bin Laden:
<<< “I would say 30,000 more or less have died as a result of the initial incursion and the ongoing violence against Iraqis,” said George on December 12, 2005. Even if one accepts this very low guess-ti-mate by George, his policies have been responsible for ten times the 3000 deaths on September 11, 2001. By his own admission, he is ten times the terrorist that Osama ever was. >>>
Let’s quit mincing words - Sheehan hides behind the death of her son, but it won’t work. That’s a foul accusation, and I feel more justified than ever in giving her the Jackass of the Year…
UPDATE 9:08 a.m.: My thanks to Betsy Newmark, Charles at Little Green Footballs, and Ace for the links…
UPDATE 2 10:34 a.m.: God knows why, but I’ve been thinking about this some more. There are a number of assumptions behind Sheehan’s statement that give us a lot of insight into her worldview. First, the moral equivalence - no difference between regrettable casualties in a war zone and the deliberate murder of civilians, and the simplistic ‘math’ concept (as a reader at Betsy Newmark’s noted, that must make Saddam 500 times the murderer of Osama).
Then you have the ignorance of history: Osama didn’t just kill the 3,000 dead of September 11th. There are thousands of victims elsewhere on his conscience, such as it is, as well (or at least hundreds - see this tally).
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And there is much more from the article I quoted that shows Sheehan’s unhinged venom:
For example:
<<< “George Bush and the evil neocons are killing our precious soldiers at the rate of 2.78 per day,” >>>
Think how many of our precious solders LBJ and FDR (not to mention Abe Lincoln) killed! Then there is this:
<<< America: this is what you are allowing your government to do in your name:
Detain and torture prisoners without due process. Use chemical weapons on other members of humanity. Spy on Americans without a court order (I hope my conversations put them in a coma of boredom). Carpet bomb cities filled with human beings like yourselves. Destroy the infrastructure of other countries. Destroy the infrastructure of American cities. Cut taxes on the rich while pouring money and blood into the thirsty sands of the Middle East. Decimate our treasury. Rape the environment. Et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum. >>>
Destroying the infrastructure of American cities? Does Sheehan have a clue what carpetbombing is? We certainly didn’t do it in Iraq, though we did (along with our enemies) in World War II…what’s the point, though? Sheehan has become a court jester, a blubbering idiot walking around spouting the worst sort of vile nonsense…I’m sorry, there are thousands of parents of dead soldiers, but this is the only one I see making a damned fool of herself…This isn’t grief, it’s madness…
UPDATE 3 4:37 p.m.: Jeff Goldstein - err, Billy Jack - adds his two cents as only he can…
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UPDATE 4 01/09/06 6:55 a.m.: Thanks to John Hawkins for the link, as well…
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