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"Enough Already"


By Cindy Sheehan

"And you look at somebody like that (note: me) and you think here's somebody who's just trying to find some meaning in her son's death. And you have to be sympathetic to her. Anybody who has given a son to this country has made an enormous sacrifice, and you have to be sympathetic. But enough already."
ABC Nightly News Anchor, Charles Gibson August 18, 2009

"Enough already?" Hmmm…I don't know Charlie Gibson and I don't pay any attention to his career, but I seem to agree with him on this one: "Enough already."

Enough with the killing, torturing, wounding and profiting off of the backs of our troops and off of the lives of the people of Iraq-Af-Pak: as our brothers and sisters in Latin America say: "Basta!"

Somehow, I don't think that this is what Charlie Gibson meant, though. I am sure that he just wants me to go away like most of the rest of the anti-war movement has done under the Obama presidency.

One of the things I hear quite often from people from all over the political spectrum is: "Why don't you just go away, you've had your 15 minutes of fame."

Yes, that's exactly what I thought as soon as I heard that my son was killed in the US's illegal and immoral war in Iraq: "this is a perfect opportunity to get my 15 minutes of fame." Actually, after I slowly recovered from the shock and horror, the pain always remains, I thought that I had to do everything I can to end this nightmare so other mothers/families wouldn't have to go through what I was going through and what I am going through.

I certainly am not the anchor of a major network news show, but last time I checked, people are still dying at a heartrending clip in Iraq-Af-Pak.

If my goal was "15 minutes of fame," I could have gone quietly away a long time ago. I started because I wanted the wars to end, and I will figure I can go away when the wars end…but when is that going to be? In my lifetime, probably not.

I am cutting my writing-staycation short to head to Martha's Vineyard because I think the new titular head of the empire needs to know that his policies are devastating people as much as the same policies did when Bush was president.

I would rather be able to go away and spend the rest of my life worshipping my grandchildren, writing, reading, resting, and doing humanitarian work where I am needed.

I wish the wars would go away, but they aren't going away if we the people don't get more militantly insistent.

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Cindy I am so glad there are people like you that still are fighting war and killing! I have not suffered a personal loss like you from these wars but when I saw Bush was about to invade Iraq on what I could clearly see was a pack of lies. I could see thousands, of people, including our own would die for nothing and something snapped and I have not been able to stop fighting this war for the thought of my country killing, murdering, for what? To feed the war machine I suppose. Eisenhower's military-industrial complex that makes weapons the USA's major export.
So PLEASE, PLEASE don't go away Cindy!!
Love,
Mark Manley
http://www.impeachok1.org/SMF/index.php

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Benjamin Franklin

How can we view people like Charles Gibson as anything but an agent of mis information when he makes statements like "Enough already" Chris Dorsey, RVA4Peace

War sells, and media is a sellout. Unfortunately, this was true during William Randolph Hearst's time, and it is still true today. So if the media makes fun of Cindy as cruel as that is, it is meaningless, because Cindy is the REAL news. Cindy Sheehan is the David of truth against a Goliath of smeer tactics.
The media is afraid of truth because it is taking away their power to sell propaganda. One of these days truth will win over the media again, and as with Walter Cronkite, it will end wars.

ARREST BUSHCO & RICO PNAC/FARA AIPAC...PNAC is Bush/Cheney's "Helter Skelter" !

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