Cindy Sheehan: I didn't say my son died for Israel

[DeclinetoState]

COOPER: And no doubt a lot more media folks probably at times than protesters, at this point. Dana, appreciate it. Thanks.

Last night, I spoke with Cindy Sheehan. I asked her about a particular statement that's been attributed to her, a statement that many have criticized her for, in which she allegedly says the Iraq war was waged to benefit Israel.

Now, here's the exchange we had last night. Take a look.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: You were also quoted as saying, "My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel. If you get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine, and you'll stop the terrorism." How responsible do you believe Israel is for the amount of terrorism in the world?

SHEEHAN: I didn't say that.

COOPER: You didn't say that? OK.

SHEEHAN: I didn't say that my son died for Israel. I've never said that. I saw somebody wrote that, and it wasn't my words. Those aren't even words that I would say.

I do believe that the Palestinian issue is a hot issue that needs to be solved, and it needs to be more fair and equitable, but I never said my son died for Israel.

COOPER: OK, I'm glad I asked you that. Because, as you know, there's tons of stuff floating around on the Internet on sites of all political persuasions, so I'm glad we had the opportunity to clear that up.

SHEEHAN: And thank you, because those are not my words. It doesn't even sound like me saying that.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

COOPER: Well, today, we've received numerous e-mails from viewers who saw that, and said, "Well, she lied. We read online that ABC News confirmed she sent them a letter saying exactly that."

So we contacted ABC News today about it. They said they had received a letter on behalf of Cindy back in March. They said took it seriously enough that they responded to it, but so far they cannot find the actual e-mail, they say. They say they're trying to find it, they're investigating.

Bottom line, ABC News right now does not seem to be confirming this is what Cindy Sheehan wrote to them, so stay tuned. We'll continue to follow.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0508/16/acd.01.html

She didn't deny saying Israel should get out of Palestine.

[Warlady]

I'm growing sick of that bitch.

[Keb]

SHEEHAN: I didn't say that.Prove it then and post your email. Until then, I'll believe she said it.

[CzechPrince]

On a side note, Keb that is a really cool avatar, where did you find that?

[Keb]

Thanks! It's from Daniel Henninger's "Wonder Land" column in the WSJ.

[tacitus]

I'm growing sick of that bitch.

Growing sick? The media circus should be winding down soo. Then maybe they'll print a short article on page 98 regarding Clinton's screw up in getting Atta.

[RayChuang]

I'm growing sick of that bitch.

WL, Cindy Sheehan's Andy Warhol "Fifteen Minutes of Fame" have long since expired and she really does need to cool it given that most people think she's one brick short of a house (or other equivalent terms). http://webpages.charter.net/connectingzone/think/15.gif

[DeclinetoState]

Growing sick? The media circus should be winding down soo. Then maybe they'll print a short article on page 98 regarding Clinton's screw up in getting Atta.The media has printed many articles on page 98. However, nobody reads them because they're in newspapers that don't have 98 pages.

:D

(Sort of the "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is around when it happens, does it make a sound?" thing.)

[DeclinetoState]

Even her communist supporters are quoting her that she wanted Israel out of Palestine:

Cindy Sheehan and the Crossroads of Crawford



<CITE>Revolution #012</CITE>, August 21, 2005, posted at revcom.us (http://www.revcom.us/)





"If you fall into the orientation of trying to make the Democrats be what they are not, and never will be, you will end up becoming more like what the Democrats actually are."

Bob Avakian


Millions of people across the U.S. are seething with anger. Where are the "weapons of mass destruction"? they ask. "Why have we been continually lied to by President Bush and his advisors? And what is the real reason behind all this seemingly pointless slaughter in Iraq?!"


Last week, Cindy Sheehan showed just how deep and broad that anger is, when she set up camp outside of George Bush's Crawford, Texas ranch for the month of August. Her son, a U.S. soldier, was killed in Iraq in April 2004.

"I want him (Bush) to tell me 'just what was the noble cause Casey died for'?", she declared. "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.

"We're not freer here, thanks to your PATRIOT ACT. Iraq is not free. You get America out of Iraq and Israel out of Palestine and you'll stop the terrorism! There, I used the 'I' word--imperialism, 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."
http://rwor.org/a/012/cindy-sheehan-crawford.htm

[Peachdiane]

I saw a collection of her lunatic ravings somewhere and maybe she didn't say it word for word. But she sure did allude to it several times.

"Am I emotional? Yes, my first born was murdered. Am I angry? Yes, he was killed for lies and for a PNAC Neo-Con agenda to benefit Israel. My son joined the Army to protect America, not Israel."

I'm really sick of her too.