SHEEHAN: You Get What you Vote For!

Dateline: November 27, 2009

With the outspokenness of those who have seen the truth about our cynical, murderous foreign policy, and the disgusting corruption of a political system that spawns it…Cindy Sheehan, mother of an unnecessary Iraq War casualty, is an irrepressible force that officialdom would sooner treat gingerly, even if the mainstream media do their best to relegate her activities to journalistic limbo.

By Cindy Sheehan [print_link]

Maybe tens of thousands more US soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan soon, to join their fellows in a hopeless battle whose real goals are kept from the American people.

Secondly, On January 23^rd of a rapidly dissipating 2009, Barack Obama perpetrated his first war crime (as president) by authorizing a drone attack in Pakistan. In February of this same year, he ordered an increase of roughly 20,000 more troops to Afghanistan: more war crimes, no corresponding outcry. However, when I cried out, I was roundly attacked by the “left” for not giving Obama a “chance.” 2009 is going to be the most deadly year for our troops and Afghan and Pakistani civilians on record. I think George Bush is calling: he wants his Nobel Peace Prize back.

In the end, you always get what you vote for.

On Monday, November 30, the Peace of the Action Coalition will be sending out a press release condemning the escalation and announcing our Mother of all Protests (MOAP) that will begin in the spring.