© Cindy Sheehan's Soapbox - blogger
On October 19, WSWS journalist David Walsh spoke to Cindy Sheehan, the antiwar activist whose 24-year-old son, Casey, was killed during the Iraq War in early April 2004.
A little over a year after this tragedy, in August 2005,
Sheehan came to prominence when she set up an antiwar camp, Camp Casey, outside George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. The month-long protest focused the attention of large numbers of people, in the US and around the world, on the human cost of the neocolonial invasion and occupation of Iraq.
When, in May 2007, the Democrats in Congress facilitated the authorization of an additional $100 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Sheehan was outraged. In an open letter May 26 to the congressional Democrats announcing her departure from that party, she wrote, "You think giving him [Bush] more money is politically expedient, but it is a moral abomination and every second the occupation of Iraq endures, you all have more blood on your hands."
Recently on her blog,
Sheehan denounced actor/director Rob Reiner and actor Morgan Freeman for their video, announcing the formation of the "Committee to Investigate Russia." This organization, which includes extreme right-wingers and assorted warmongers, was formed, according to the foul
video, to help "Americans understand the gravity of Russia's continuing attacks on democracy." Freeman intones, "We have been attacked. We are... at war," and proceeds from there.
In her comment, Sheehan recounted her experience with Reiner and his wife, Michele, who approached her in 2005 and attempted to bring her into the Hillary Clinton for president camp. As she noted on her blog and below, when she rejected that attempt, they ultimately reneged on their promises of assistance.
Sheehan concluded her piece,
"Reiner et al, are enemies of truth; they are enemies of peace; they are enemies of true democracy; they should be exposed and shamed."
Comment: A couple days ago (and a couple days after the above piece), Hannity posted the following on his Twitter page, suggesting that the leak to CNN about tomorrow's rumored indictments are simply a distraction away from the Uranium One story, and Mueller's own involvement: