Sheehan vs Good Deeds

The Cindy Sheehan thing has been all over the blogs for the past week or so. I've said everything I think I need to say about this woman. Chrenkoff does his usual sterling work in highlighting more comments from mothers who continue to support the men and women fighting in Iraq- and who have lost their own children to the conflict. As he notes- it's Sheehan getting all the big press, not the mothers who continue to voice support for the war. Perhaps if we really had an unbiased media we'd hear much more from these other parents and learn something of the troops who have lost their lives, hear their stories. Sheehan has spent an awful lot of her time in the spotlight critcising Bush and America and completely failing to condemn the terrorists who killed her son- perhaps she'd be better served telling Casey's story.

Chrenkoff also does the "good news from Iraq" thing again. Out of the whole post one story caught my eye- that of a fourteen year old American girl who heard that troops wanted beanie babies sent out to them- to give to Iraqi children. This girl not only gatherted up her own collection to send over, but also organised friends and family. By last December she'd sent 28,000 of the soft toys. She's now considering taking her appeal national and launching a website. A fourteen year old girl? Incredible. I'm just stunned by the selfless work of one so young.

Chrenkoff also notes the efforts of actor Gary Sinese to ship basic school supplies to Iraqi children via his co-founded Operation Iraqi Children. They have shipped more than 200,000 of the school kits to kids over there. So strange to hear of an actor not spouting off about Iraq, but actually doing something so worthwhile for the country. Fantastic effort.

Of course, there's much, much more but you knew that already. Grab a cup of coffee and take the time to read it all.

Finally, on the subject of Sheehan, why not nip over to Froggy Ruminations and read "Warrior Psych 101". Here's a sampler which might help understand why the men and women of the armed forces do what they do-

Better still is this scripture that the Nightstalkers are known to quote from time to time, Isaiah 6:8 “Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.”