Tuesday, August 16, 2005
OK, in this case, it's both.
Looks like someone has explained to Cindy Sheehan that some of the things she's been saying (and perhaps the people she's been associating with) are seriously limiting her usefulness as more and more catch on.
All Headline News: Cindy Sheehan Denies Anti-Israel Remarks.
New York, NY (AHN) - Anti-War protestor Cindy Sheehan makes an appearance on CNN's "360 With Anderson Cooper" Monday night, and denies remarks that her son Casey Sheehan had "joined the Army to protect America and not Israel". Her controversial comments were put on the record just a few days ago in a letter to ABC's Nightline.
The letter reads as follows:
"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. Am I stupid? No, I know full-well that my son, my family, this nation, and this world were betrayed by George [W.] Bush who was influenced by the neo-con PNAC agenda after 9/11. We were told that we were attacked on 9/11 because the terrorists hate our freedoms and democracy...not for the real reason, because the Arab-Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern foreign policy. That hasn't changed since America invaded and occupied Iraq...in fact it has gotten worse."
Monday night on CNN Sheehan tells Cooper, "I didn't -- I didn't say -- 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 asks numerous times if she was sure whether or not if she said the statement but Sheehan denies the remarks.
The nightline letter is confirmed by ABC News which says that Mrs. Sheehan had indeed signed her name to the letter.
The letter is certainly consistent with other things she's said, such as her statements noted in this Frontpage report:
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