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BuzzFlash Guest Contributions: Cindy Sheehan and An American Still Fighting for His Country

The following are two poignant, heartfelt, compelling BuzzFlash guest contributions. The writer of the first one, Cindy Sheehan, needs no introduction. She is in London, writing about her keen observations about a peace activist friend -- and more about the movement there -- in this impassioned article.

The second article is simply signed, "An American Still Fighting for His Country". It is an intelligent piece, which gives Bush a white flag for everything he surrendered that was important to the country. Bush's 'flags' find their well-deserved mark with cogent accuracy, points well made.

December 12, 2005
Comfort Zones

A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION
by Cindy Sheehan

"If you do nothing for peace and justice in the world, start doing something. If you are doing something, do more. Our survival on this planet demands immediate.

Now is the time to leave our comfort zones and make a difference."

"Today was bitterly cold as I walked from the Charing Cross Tube Station to Parliament Square in London. I was heading there with my traveling companion, Julie, to go and visit Brian Haw after several exhausting, but productive days in England and Scotland.

Brian is a peace activist and exceptionally compassionate man who has been camping out and vigiling in Parliament Square since June 2, 2001. He was so enraged by the sanctions of the United Nations against Iraq that were supported by the US and his government that he felt like it was the only thing to do.

While I was vigiling and camping out in Crawford by George Bush's ranch because of my outrage at the continued and unnecessary killing of Iraqis, Americans and coalition troops, Brian sent me a letter. Part of it reads:

We stand beside you as family, and you can be sure of our love no matter what. Now let's help the rest to understand, sort the mess in the quickest possible time. I don't want another day, another child to come home in a body bag, nor do you. Well, let's get through to the rest of our folks pretty damn quick. Amen?!

Your brother Brian, in Jesus name xxx"

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December 12, 2005
It’s Not Our White Flag Mr. Bush

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
by A BuzzFlash Reader
An American Still Fighting for His Country

"It’s yours. It’s your war. You decided to start it, we didn’t. You decided to lie to congress and the American people to get your war. We are not surrendering Mr. Bush, you are:

You surrendered the claim that there were WMD in Iraq. Perhaps you’d like to resurrect it? After all, it is how you “justified” all of this.

You surrendered your claim that the revenue from oil would pay for the reconstruction. Perhaps you’d like to return several hundred billions of dollars back into the United States treasury? No? Now you’ve waved two white flags in front of the world. But there is more. A lot more.

You surrendered your claim that there was a link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. You admitted there wasn’t, before you continued making the claim through your proxies. What do we call someone who waves a white flag and then has someone else start shooting again? Three white flags.

You surrendered your administration’s claims that we’d “probably be out of Iraq in 12 weeks.” Three months has turned into three years. The price has been the lives of more than two thousand two hundred of our children; the ones you lied to. Four white flags, yet the bodies of our children still stack up every week like grotesque firewood on the kindling of your lies.

You surrendered our economy; you surrendered a multi-trillion dollar surplus to the communist government of China, whom you’ve placed the American people in debt to for trillions more. Five white flags."

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posted by Annamarie at 8:00 PM