Mom of Slain GI Holds Vigil in Crawford

gldstwmn · #1 08-07-2005, 07:51 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bush_peace_mom

CRAWFORD, Texas - The mother of a fallen U.S. soldier who is holding a roadside peace vigil near President Bush's ranch shares the same grief as relatives mourning the deaths of Ohio Marines, yet their views about the war differ.

"I'm angry. I want the troops home," Cindy Sheehan, 48, of Vacaville, Calif., who staged a protest that she vowed on Sunday to continue until she can personally ask Bush: "Why did you kill my son? What did my son die for?"

Jim Boskovitch, father of slain Cpl. Jeffery Boskovitch, 25, of North Royalton, Ohio, is supporting the U.S. military action in Iraq.

"I firmly believe, and I would echo my son's feeling on this, it is very, very important for our country to remain steadfast and complete the mission that they set out to accomplish," Boskovitch told ABC on Sunday.

Boskovitch is among several families mourning Ohio Marines who suffered heavy losses in three attacks starting July 28, when two were killed in a gun battle. On Monday, five were killed in an ambush. Nine were killed Wednesday when an armored vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb.

Rosemary Palmer, the mother of Lance Cpl. Edward Schroeder, 23, another Ohio Marine killed in Iraq, sided more with Sheehan. If the United States continues its current course in Iraq, the death toll of U.S. troops, now at more than 1,820, will only grow, she told ABC.

"We either have to have more people there to do the job and better equipment, or we have to leave — one or the other," she said.

Boskovitch said his son, Jeff, "felt extremely, extremely strongly about the Iraqi people and our government deciding to go over there."

"His commander in chief needed him to be there, as well as those fellow soldiers, to help those people, help that country to be able to stand on its own and to liberate those people," Boskovitch told ABC.

Sheehan was among grieving military families who met with Bush in June 2004 at Fort Lewis, near Seattle, Wash. That was just two months after her son, Casey, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004.

Since then, she said, various government and independent commission reports have disputed the Bush administration's claims that Saddam Hussein had mass-killing chemical and biological weapons — a main justification for the March 2003 invasion.

"I was still in shock then," Sheehan said in a telephone interview.

"All of those reports prove my son died needlessly," said Sheehan. "This proved that every reason George Bush gave us for going to war was wrong."

Sheehan, who formed a group called Gold Star Families For Peace and has spoken out against the war across the nation, talked for about 45 minutes on Saturday with Steve Hadley, Bush's national security adviser, and Joe Hagin, deputy White House chief of staff, who went out to hear her concerns.

Appreciative of their attention, yet undaunted, Sheehan said she planned to continue her protest along the road during Bush's stay through the end of the month.

"If he doesn't come out and talk to me in Crawford, I'll follow him to D.C.," she said. "I'll camp on his lawn in D.C. until he has the courtesy and the integrity and the compassion to talk to somebody whose life he has ruined."

BombaySapphire3 · #2 08-08-2005, 04:28 AM

I think Smirky really needs to come out of the ranch and talk to Cindy but of course he doesn't have the cojones to do it.There was an ariticle in the Sunday SF Chronicle about Cindy Sheehan and the bus she rode down to Texas in was a red ,white and blue bus with ' The Impeachment Tour' written on the side.I love this woman!

skcin · #3 08-08-2005, 09:07 AM

I heard today that she met with him last year & when Shrub walked in, he said "OK, who are we honoring here?" She was obviously upset that he didn't even take the time to find out her son's name before he walked in.

Where the hell is Laura Bush? Can't she take a few minutes to talk to her until her dolt of a husband gets some balls & decides he's ready to speak with this woman? Don't get me wrong, I think she has every right to speak with the president, but I would think Laura would be a bit more understanding & compassionate.

DrummerDeanna · #4 08-08-2005, 09:27 AM

Their probably going to find a reason to lock this woman up before Shrub comes out to talk to her.

You know - God forbid his five week vacation get interupted

gldstwmn · #5 08-08-2005, 10:34 AM

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I think Smirky really needs to come out of the ranch and talk to Cindy but of course he doesn't have the cojones to do it.

The earpiece doesn't have reception that far from the ranch.

Seriously, he really should come out and talk to her. But in a way, I'm glad he doesn't. It keeps it in the news that much longer.

SuzeQuze · #6 08-08-2005, 11:09 AM

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The earpiece doesn't have reception that far from the ranch.

Seriously, he really should come out and talk to her. But in a way, I'm glad he doesn't. It keeps it in the news that much longer.

There's no way in hell he will talk to her. As mentioned above he is too cowardly and would never put himself out there like that to possibly look bad. Never ever. Still, I too love this woman for doing this and support her efforts. We have wanted answers for a long time, that woman is entitled to answers which I fear she will not get. At least not until shrub is out of office and things begin to be revealed.

markolas · #7 08-08-2005, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Where the hell is Laura Bush? Can't she take a few minutes to talk to her until her dolt of a husband gets some balls & decides he's ready to speak with this woman? Don't get me wrong, I think she has every right to speak with the president, but I would think Laura would be a bit more understanding & compassionate.

Oh, please. Have you seen Laura Bush? I think she's an android.

GateandGarden · #8 08-08-2005, 11:37 AM

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Oh, please. Have you seen Laura Bush? I think she's an android.

A part of me agrees with you but then another part of me thinks she would have the sense to go talk to that woman before her husband would.

markolas · #9 08-08-2005, 11:39 AM

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A part of me agrees with you but then another part of me thinks she would have the sense to go talk to that woman before her husband would.

She might if she wasn't so pumped full of Vicodin.

strandinthewind · #10 08-08-2005, 11:41 AM

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She might if she wasn't so pumped full of Vicodin.

I cannot believe you think Laura Bush is a Vicodin filled zombie. Certainly, there is no proof of that

I think she is not crazy about the limelight, but she still does a few things. I also think she influences her husband in a good way and makes him listen less to some of his advisors who want a Christian nation. But, then again, I am not a blind Bush hater.

GateandGarden · #11 08-08-2005, 11:50 AM

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I cannot believe you think Laura Bush is a Vicodin filled zombie. Certainly, there is no proof of that

I think she is not crazy about the limelight, but she still does a few things. I also think she influences her husband in a good way and makes him listen less to some of his advisors who want a Christian nation. But, then again, I am not a blind Bush hater.

I don't think I have any reason to believe she is, either, but he may have said that in jest.

Besides, doesn't Bush deserve blind hatred, anyway? Now that I say that I realize I probably don't want to get into it.

strandinthewind · #12 08-08-2005, 11:53 AM

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I don't think I have any reason to believe she is, either, but he may have said that in jest.

Besides, doesn't Bush deserve blind hatred, anyway? Now that I say that I realize I probably don't want to get into it.

LOL - but you opened the door

Seriously, I just do not blindly hate anyone. In fact, I really do not actually have any true hate in me. I am more of a look at the facts away from the BS and then conclude. But, different strokes for different folks.

DrummerDeanna · #13 08-08-2005, 11:54 AM

[QUOTE=strandinthewind]LOL - but you opened the door

Seriously, I just do not blindly hate anyone. In fact, I really do not actually have any true hate in me. I am more of a look at the facts away from the BS and then conclude. But, different strokes for different folks.[/QUOT

Right - if you blindly hate then you are no better than the folks you criticize for blindly hating

Life's too short to carry hatred around.