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To: paret who wrote (13675)	8/30/2005 5:58:13 PM
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CINDY SHEEHAN: "I HAVE TO GO NOW. THANK YOU." Byron York The Corner The appearance by Cindy Sheehan on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" that Jonah mentioned yesterday was quite extraordinary (you can listen to it here npr.org ). It was extraordinary, first, for the way Sheehan dealt with host Neal Conan. And it was extraordinary, second, for the revealing interviews Conan later conducted with three other parents of U.S. servicemen killed in Iraq. First, Sheehan. Conan irritated her early in the interview by asking why her son Casey had joined the army. "He got lied to by his recruiter," Sheehan said. "Did you try to talk him out of it?" Conan asked. "We didn't have a chance," Sheehan said, explaining that Casey signed up before telling his parents. "He made a choice of his own," Conan said. "Right," Sheehan said. Then, after a long pause, she said, "What does that have to do with him being sent to a war that's illegal and immoral...?" "No, but he wasn't drafted," Conan said. "He made a choice of free will." Things went downhill from there, when Conan asked what President Bush had said to Sheehan during their meeting in June 2004. "I've talked about this a lot, do you have any new questions?" Sheehan said. When Conan persisted, Sheehan said, "I have two minutes." Clearly surprised, Conan asked about a few other topics. Then he said, "A lot of statements have been attributed to you as Camp Casey has grown, as this movement has grown -- " "I have to go now. Thank you," Sheehan said, and hung up. "Cindy Sheehan, leaving us, there in Crawford, Texas," Conan told listeners. "We apologize for that. We had arranged with people there to speak with Cindy Sheehan for the remainder of this segment, take some calls as well. Evidently plans changed at the last minute." corner.nationalreview.com

To: paret who wrote (13675)	8/30/2005 6:01:54 PM
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THE NON-CINDY PARENTS ON NPR Byron York The Corner After Sheehan hung up on him, Conan talked to Gary Qualls, another parent who has lost a son in Iraq, who is now conducting a counter-demonstration in Crawford. Qualls described how, several weeks ago, he called Sheehan to talk about her protest. As Qualls told the story, Sheehan cut off their conversation and hung up on him, in a way similar to the way she had just hung up on Conan. Conan moved on to Christine Dybevik, whose Marine son died in Iraq. Conan asked her if she questioned the war. No, said Dybevik, who has not taken part in any demonstrations. "My son joined the Marine Corps. He wasn't drafted. It's an all-volunteer military. I raised my son to be independent...To question his decision would be to question how I raised him." Conan asked about Cindy Sheehan. "She has a right to speak out," Dybevik said. She does not have the right to stand on my son's grave to make her point." Finally, Conan moved on to Sharon Westbrook, whose son was also a Marine in Iraq. She said her son had long wanted to join the military, especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11. In 2003, he did. "He called me the day that Bush said we were going to war and he said he was headed to the recruiting office," Westbrook said. "He left for boot camp in November 2003. I have to say it was probably one of the greatest things to see, the transformation...In three short months he changed so much. He was absolutely the proudest I had ever seen him. Of himself -- it wasn't just us proud of him. He was completely content with his decision." Conan asked whether Westbrook questioned the war. "I do not question it," she said. "I think other countries deserve the rights that we have, and I think if we're able to go and help those countries get those rights, I think it's a good thing." Cindy Sheehan did not return to the program. corner.nationalreview.com