Cindy Sheehan. Feel Free to Speak, but You Don't Know Squat About Geopolitics or Fighting Islamo-Fascists

I'm sorry for her loss, and she should certainly has the right to express her thoughts, but how can anyone take her seriously as an Iraq War (or War on Terrorism) critic?

All of the "Peace" protesters certainly express a grand wish. Peace on earth would be a wonderful thing for all. But, Peace does not necessarily involve other grand notions, such as freedom, democracy, equality, etc. Saddam Hussein's Iraq could be considered "peaceful," but was that fact comforting for the hundreds of thousands (at least) who were executed and brutalized by his regime during his reign? Was the "peace" that existed comforting for the slaves held by Americans before our nation's Civil War? Pre-war Nazi Germany? Do you think the Jews and Gypsys were pleased that their country was not yet at war?

And, isn't it odd that many of these "Peace" protesters today (who incidentally, include and are often led by the "Peace" protesters of the post-Vietnam Cold-War era), often celebrate horrible tyrants who's only virtue seems to be that they are enemies of the American Government? (Leaders such as Castro in Cuba and Stalin in the U.S.S.R.?)

When these people are asked how it's possible to compare the most free and humane nation on earth (us), with our "rivals" abroad, we are told that such comparisons are meaningless, since we hold ourselves to a higher standard. While it's true that we do, isn't that proof our our decency and moral leadership?

Don't call this a fascist country or call Bush a murderer, unless you are arrested by the secret police and tortured for doing so. Since this will never happen, your hyperbole can't be considered serious and even though you deserve prayers and compassion for your loss, your politics are pathetic and foolish.

Leave the Global War on Terrorism to serious people who understand that we are the good guys and that we're fighting the bad guys. This fight will determine whether our nation will continue to exist and permit future "Cindy Sheehans" to spew their ignorance and absurdities.