August 22, 2005

Dishonor and Sacrifice

I've barely written about Cindy Sheehan, the rabidly anti-war mom whose son Casey was killed in combat in Iraq, and now I don't have to - this op-ed in the Sunday LA Times says all that needs to be said about Sheehan's protest and the press coverage thereof. One fact you probably haven't heard about Sheehan's son Casey, whose death in Iraq sparked the protest: He reenlisted after the war started. And he volunteered for the rescue mission in which he was killed. In every possibly way, Casey Sheehan volunteered - his mother dishonors his sincerity of purpose, his heroism and his sacrifice by blaming his death on President Bush rather than on the Islamist terrorists who killed Casey Sheehan in a battle he volunteered for.

Also don't miss: Mark Steyn's column on Cindy Sheehan and the Left's insistence on calling American soldiers serving in Iraq "children." They aren't children. They are adults who volunteered, not children who were drafted. They are volunteers and heroes, not victims.

UPDATE: The Sheehan protest has officially jumped the shark.