End of Iraq war in sight

[benfranklin]

I expect the war in Iraq to be over fairly soon, probably within a week or two:

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Penn, Sarandon Unite for Hunger Strike

July 5, 2006

SEAN PENN, SUSAN SARANDON and WILLIE NELSON are just some of the big names who will be lending their support to anti-war activist CINDY SHEEHAN's hunger strike.

Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed while serving in Iraq, began her "Troops Home Fast" protest outside the White House on Independence Day. Her plan is to abstain from eating and consume only water and juices throughout the summer.

Penn, Sarandon and Nelson, meanwhile, will participate in a "rolling fast" along with actor DANNY GLOVER, author ALICE WALKER and nearly 3,000 activists nationwide. The concept involves each participant to refuse food for 24 hours on designated days and then pass the fast over to the next individual.

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I don't see how W. could live with himself, knowing that Penn and Saradon would actually be going 24 hours without solid food. Oh, the humanity!

(Just for future reference, is a strawberry julius from the Bellagio considered as solid food?)

[Howard Beale]

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I expect the war in Iraq to be over fairly soon, probably within a week or two:

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Penn, Sarandon Unite for Hunger Strike

July 5, 2006

The concept involves each participant to refuse food for 24 hours on designated days and then pass the fast over to the next individual.

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To REFUSE food? To REFUSE food? I'd like to go on but........heck, just one more! To REFUSE food?

[whiskeytown]

the iraq war isn't a war, and the hostile operations ceased when GWB said they were done on that aircraft carrier. Don't you watch the Fox/Pravda network?

Are you implying things aren't rosy in Iraq? - are you implying Fox/Pravda reporters who are reporting on how safe Iraq is can't leave the Green Zone without flak jackets and armed escorts? - LOL

when asked to comment on the situation in Iraq, GWB was heard to say "it's apparently not nearly as easy as making a DUI go away, I guess."

rb

[benfranklin]

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the iraq war isn't a war

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Does "anti-war activist" Cindy Sheehan know about this? How can she be anti-war against a non-war? This insight might make it a bit easier on her, not to mention the masses of rollingly-hungry Hollyword celebs.

[ACPlayer]

Does there have to be a war on to be anti-war?

Why are all the warmongers jealous of Cindy's willingness to go out on a limb for something she believes in? She must be quite pleased at the attention she gets from them.

[Cyrus]

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Why are all the warmongers jealous of Cindy's willingness to go out on a limb for something she believes in?

[/ QUOTE ]Thr extraordinary attention and venom that Sheehan attracts is intriguing. A plausible explanation is that Sheehan, being the mother of a dead son, comes on as double treasonous to the pro-war fanatics. She is not just "betraying" the lost soldier, she is not acting "properly" like a/their "mom" even!

As the visiting shrink in Fawlty Towers put it, "There's enough material here for an entire conference!"

[yukoncpa]

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She is not just "betraying" the lost soldier, she is not acting "properly" like a/their "mom" even!


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I don’t know if you are right or wrong here, but your sentiment makes me shudder. Do certain fanatics expect a mother to encourage her son to go to war?

[DVaut1]

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She is not just "betraying" the lost soldier, she is not acting "properly" like a "woman" even!

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FYP

War supporters want to typecast war opponents as shrill, emotional, feminine types, ergo ---> Cindy Sheehan = narrative reinforcer, ergo ---> right-wing turns the spotlight on Sheehan's exploits whenever possible.

This has been your right-wing propaganda lesson for the day. Tune in tomorrow for how "elites" = Hollywood personalities/college professors while the "exemplar of the American dream" = CEOs/Richard Mellon Scaife.

[Copernicus]

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Does there have to be a war on to be anti-war?

Why are all the warmongers jealous of Cindy's willingness to go out on a limb for something she believes in? She must be quite pleased at the attention she gets from them.

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Yes, I can see the PR power of "Anti-conflict demonstrations", not to mention debates over the rights of "prisoners of conflict", honoring our brave "conflict heros" etc.

Is there any legal distinction between declaring war and congressional authorization of force?

[revots33]

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not to mention the masses of rollingly-hungry Hollyword celebs.

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LOL, gotta admit I got a laugh out of this.

But, as easy a target as lib celebs are, I still admire Sheehan for trying to honor the memory of her dead son the way SHE thinks it should be honored, not by towing the company line about how "he died for a cause he believed in."

I like how Springsteen changed the words around to the old Irish anti-war song:

"All foreign wars, I do proclaim
live on blood and a mother's pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be
Than the King of America and his whole navy"