[Peace-discuss] Fwd: The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns by Cindy Sheehan

[Brussel Morton K.]

Go Cindy!

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> From: Cindy Sheehan for Peace <CindysSoapbox at gmail.com>
> Date: August 18, 2009 12:21:09 PM CDT
> To: mkbrussel at comcast.net
> Subject: The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns by Cindy Sheehan
> Reply-To: CindysSoapbox at gmail.com
>
> The President Exhibits Crazy Speech Patterns
> Cindy Sheehan
> As I listened to clips of Obama's speech to the VFW on August 17th,  
> 2009, I was wondering if his speechwriters were on vacation and they  
> just recycled an old Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice speech.
> While the so-called left is focused on the health care debacle and  
> is allowing the so-called right to define the debate when it should  
> be: Medicare for all, and all for Medicare; Obama and his neocon  
> foreign policy team are preparing for a decades long, bloody foray  
> in Af-Pak.
> As Yael T. Abouhalkah, an editorial writer for the Kansas City Star,  
> put it:
>
> President Barack Obama did his best imitation of former President  
> George Bush Monday at the VFW national convention in Phoenix.
>
>
> Obama sounded downright hawkish -- and, yes, presidential -- when he  
> addressed the issue of terrorism in front of the veteran-laden crowd… 
> Dick Cheney could not have said it better.
>
> This is one of the reasons I am leading protests next week on  
> Martha's Vineyard where President Obama will be vacationing. The  
> anti-war movement cannot allow itself to be co-opted by the  
> Democratic Party any longer.
> We cannot allow the War Party and other elites to define the terms  
> of the War Debate.
> Obama actually had this to say in his speech in front of the  
> Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW):
> We must never forget. This is not a war of choice. This is a war of  
> necessity. Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so  
> again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even  
> larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more  
> Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is  
> fundamental to the defense of our people.
> He also made a lot of other crazy Bushian statements, but this one  
> has to take the cake and lead the charge for peace!
> One thing that we must NEVER forget is that the Taliban, and  
> especially the people of Afghanistan (26 members of a WEDDING party,  
> not WAR party, but WEDDING party were bombed and killed yesterday)  
> DID NOT attack us on 9/11. Even if Osama did plan the attacks from  
> someplace in Afghanistan (not likely) this war of choice is not  
> about defending America. Remember: profit is not a consequence of  
> war, it is the reason for war. And how can we as a nation allow the  
> War Party to sacrifice innocent babies for the illusion of safety?  
> Afghanistan is just as much a war of choice as Iraq is, and Obama is  
> choosing to continue it by exploiting the lies.
>
>
> What is fundamental to the defense of our people is a sane foreign  
> policy, not more war crimes brought to the world by the War  
> Criminals in DC. What is fundamental to our health and prosperity is  
> to bring the troops home from Iraq-Af-Pak and reduce the Pentagon  
> budget so we can afford such basic human rights as health care,  
> housing and education.
> Besides Afghans and Pakistanis being killed and displaced at a  
> Bushian clip, these days, our troops are increasingly being killed  
> and wounded so the War Profiteers can squeeze more bucks out of  
> violence. More of our families will be harmed while most of the anti- 
> war movement stands down for Obama.
> This is unconscionable.
> I don't care if you love Obama, or hate him, or something in between  
> (he has the lowest approval ratings of any President after 7 months  
> in office), we must loathe his wars and his crazy hate speech  
> directed at our brothers and sisters in war torn regions.
> Please join us on Martha's Vineyard from August 26th-30th to  
> demonstrate to the world that there are still some people here in  
> America who want peace no matter who's inhabits the Oval Office.
> For more information please email, or call:
> Laurie Dobson
> lauriegdobson at yahoo.com
> (207) 604-8988
>
> or
> Bruce Marshall
> brmas at yahoo.com
> (802) 767-6079
> Or donate to help with the expenses:
>
>
> Go to: www.CindySheehansSoapbox.com
>
>
> And click the DONATE link.
>
>

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