What One Mom has to Say to Bush
She told the audience of veterans from World War Two to today’s war in Iraq, that the two main things she plans to tell the man she holds responsible for son Casey’s death are “Quit saying that U.S. troops died for a noble cause in Iraq, unless you say, ‘well, except for Casey Sheehan.’ Don’t you dare spill any more blood in Casey’s name. You do not have permission to use my son’s name.”
“And the other thing I want him to tell me is ‘just what was the noble cause Casey died for?’ Was it freedom and democracy? Bullshit! He died for oil. He died to make your friends richer. He died to expand American imperialism in the Middle East. – “There, I used the ‘I’ word – imperialism,” the 48 year-old mother quipped. “And now I’m going to use another ‘I’ word – impeachment – because we cannot have these people pardoned. They need to be tried on war crimes and go to jail.”
John Conyers site, The People’s Email, sent out a letter earlier today headed “TELL BUSH TO MEET WITH CINDY OR GET OUT OF IRAQ”. I clicked through to the site to find the same message. “Or” get out of Iraq? It’s since been amended.
Letter to Bush from Jailed Soldier’s Wife
Monica Benderman is the wife of Sgt. Kevin Benderman. She said today: “Kevin has been imprisoned for refusing to participate in war by filing a Conscientious Objector application against the wishes of his command.” She has written a letter to Bush and Rumsfeld available at the above web page*. She said today: “Obviously the Iraq war is where Kevin had his experiences that motivated him to request CO status and not return to participate in this war. We want the war over, and we want to work toward finding an alternative to solving our differences so that war never has to happen again.”
She continued: “Kevin loved his fellow soldiers and he thought he could keep them safe by deploying with them and working on their vehicles. He couldn’t save them by being there, even with countless hours maintaining equipment; still men died. … We need to stop this war now, and we need to relegate war to the past, making the future more humane.”