15 Minutes

This one is for old times sake. For anyone who thinks we all don't have one shot at our fifteen minutes of fame, think of Cindy Sheehan. Mrs. Sheehan, whose son served this country faithfully for more than one tour in Iraq, went off the deep end when he lost his life trying to free a people who had long since given up any hope of freedom.

I decided to reprint this article I wrote three years ago as it really typifies some of the thinking that continues to divide us. I did not then, nor do I now think of Mrs. Sheehan as an evil person. On the contrary, unfortunately because she suffered an enormous loss, she has allowed herself to become a tool of the Fringe Left.

The following is an example of how Mrs. Sheehan dissolved into insignificance rather than honoring the valor of her son...

We are not waging a war on terror in this country. We’re waging a war of terror. The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush!" So declared Cindy Sheehan earlier this year during a rally at at San Francisco State University. Sheehan, who is demanding a second meeting with Bush, stated: "We are waging a nuclear war in Iraq right now. That country is contaminated. It will be contaminated for practically eternity now." Sheehan unleashed a foul-mouth tirade on April 27, 2005: "They’re a bunch of f........ hypocrites! And we need to, we just need to rise up..." Sheehan said of the Bush administration. "If George Bush believes his rhetoric and his b...s..., that this is a war for freedom and democracy, that he is spreading freedom and democracy, does he think every person he kills makes Iraq more free?" "The whole world is damaged. Our humanity is damaged. If he thinks that it’s so important for Iraq to have a U.S.-imposed sense of freedom and democracy, then he needs to sign up his two little party-animal girls. They need to go to this war." "We want our country back and, if we have to impeach everybody from George Bush down to the person who picks up dog s... in Washington, we will impeach all those people.

Brothers and Sisters, be not bitter nor resentful to Mrs. Sheehan. Pray for her that she might free her heart from hatred in the same fashion her son tried to free the Iraq people from tyranny.