I feel an incredible amount of pity for Cindy Sheehan. She must still be experiencing intense grief due to the loss of her son, Casey, last year. As a parent, I cannot imagine enduring the death of one of my children.
Furthermore, Ms. Sheehan's personal life appears to be unraveling. In addition to losing her eldest child in the War on Terror, her husband has recently filed for divorce and her mother has even more recently suffered a stroke.
And yet Cindy fervently continues on in her recent mission, demanding that President Bush hold a meeting with her and calling for the immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. As we all know, it would actually be another meeting, since he already met with her and her family soon after their tragic loss.
As I consider this situation, I find that, as much pity as I feel for Cindy for her personal tragedies and her resulting pain, I actually feel more pity for her for this misguided mission. Regardless of the various views about the premise for the war in Iraq or how it is being currently waged, an immediate withdrawal now would only serve to create a much worse situation for the citizens of Iraq, for our troops, and for our country. This proposed strategy is, at best, completely unrealistic and, at worst, incredibly perilous for the United States, the Middle East, and the rest of the world.
From "Camp Casey" outside the President's ranch in Crawford, Texas, all we hear is the same old tired rhetoric from the extreme liberal left. Cindy and her cohorts continue to make senseless assertions and analyses, even apparently befuddling Chris Matthews on a recent broadcast of "Hardball". All these issues have already been discussed and analyzed ad nauseum. There's nothing new in those assertions and analyses. Nothing.
So Cindy's clamorous calls for another meeting with the President serve no purpose other than making for good sound bites. They are, therefore, by definition nothing more than a political ploy and stunt. Furthermore, we can't expect every person who disagrees with or despises the President to have an audience with him at their whim, regardless of their personal tragedy.
Since VociferousSam is dedicated to being a voice for the Biblical worldview, I'll admit that there doesn't seem to be Scripture directly related to every aspect of this particular situation. But in applying a Biblical worldview, there is an abundance of Scripture that addresses entrapment, trickery, hypocrisy, and false accusation, some of which are also the very things Cindy and her extreme liberal left cohorts charge against President Bush.
You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Exodus 23:1
He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who spreads slander is a fool. Proverbs 10:18
Of course, we can't know if Ms. Sheehan holds these unfortunate views herself or if they are being fed to her in some direct or indirect way. But we can be certain that, in Cindy Sheehan, the extreme liberal left has found a ready and willing mouthpiece. And regardless of her claims, Cindy Sheehan is being exploited.
Rather than acting in a way that would honor her dead son, Cindy is actually acting at the expense of Casey's memory and the sacrifice both mother and son have made. Unless she continues to live in a state of total self-delusion, I suspect she will eventually look back on these times with regret and remorse for her words and actions. So for her own sake now and in the distant future, I simply wish Cindy would put an end to this misguided mission she is championing, go home to California, and regain her life and dignity.
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Sam Bridges is the founder and chief editor of VociferousSam.com, a website dedicated to providing insightful commentary on today's world and culture from a God-centered worldview and Biblical perspective. He is happily married to a beautiful Christian woman and is the father of five magnificent children. He is a deacon, Sunday School teacher, and webmaster at his church.
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