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August 16, 2005Cindy Sheehan, War, and DenialTexan Jon Lebkowsky has a fine post over on his blog: August 16, 2005Cindy Sheehan, War, and Denial Politicos and activists working overtime were unsuccessful in penetrating national denial about the nature and causes of the war in Iraq, but a single determined mother, driven by grief and a growing sense that something's not right, seems to be having an effect, despite attempts by (I'll say this tactfully) her critics to undermine her credibility. What Christopher Hitchens refers to as dreary sentimental nonsense is interpreted differently by Sheehan's many supporters, perhaps as an awakening of American conscience. Almost 1500 Americans have died in combat since the war begin in March 2003. The war was actually an American invasion of another country, which should have been shocking in itself, and it was justified by a lie (Sadaam's weapons of mass destruction), which definitely should have been shocking... and some were indeed shocked, a few asked hard questions about the war, but it seemed to fade into the background noise behind more compelling issues... whether Scott Peterson killed his wife Laci, whether Michael Jackson molested children at Neverland Ranch, whether athletes were pumping steroids, whether Brad left Jennifer for Angelina....Snip -------- Posted by Jock Gill at August 16, 2005 10:13 AM | TrackBack Comments
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