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Cindy Sheehan: “We Just Need To Rise Up”

Speaking of videos, someone has done a tremendous service to humanity and put online some of Cindy's pensées from her rally for convicted terrorist enabler Lynne Stewart:

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There is also an audio recording of the same rant, with somewhat fuller excerpts. Hear Mother Sheehan pronounce:

"America has been killing people, like my sister over here says, since we first stepped on this continent. We have been responsible for death and destruction. I passed on that bullshit to my son, and my son enlisted. I’m going all over the country telling moms–this country is not worth dying for…

We are waging a nuclear war in Iraq right now. That country is contaminated. It will be contaminated for practically eternity now. It’s okay for them to have them, but Iran or Syria can’t have them.

It’s okay for Israel to occupy Palestine, but it’s – yeah. And it’s okay for Iraq to occupy – I mean, for the United States to occupy Iraq, but it’s not okay for Syria to be in Lebanon. They’re a bunch of fucking hypocrites!

And we need to… We just need to rise up!"

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This article was posted by Steve Gilbert on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005 at 5:28 pm. You can leave a response.

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