AntiChimp: "A short interview with Cindy Sheehan"

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A short interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace

Thursday 07 July 07:57

I recently had the opportunity to conduct a quick e-mail interview with Cindy Sheehan, co-founder of Gold Star Families for Peace. Cindy and the GSFP were present in Washington on June 15, 2005, to meet with Rep. John Conyers and other members of Congress to demand a Resolution of Inquiry into the Downing Street Memo and related documents.

Cindy says that "the mission of GSFP is to stop the war so other families won't have to suffer as we are." The organization's web site states a dual purpose: To bring an end to the occupation of Iraq, and to be a support group for Gold Star Families.

We talked about her son Casey and her thoughts on the war in Iraq. Casey was 24 when he was killed in an ambush in Sadr City on April 4, 2004, as he rode in the back of an unprotected trailer while on a mission to rescue wounded soldiers.

AntiChimp: Were you politically active before your son Casey was sent to Iraq?

Cindy Sheehan: No. I still don't consider myself politically active. I don't consider peace a political issue, although I know it is, it is a bipartisan human issue. So, I still don't think I am politically active in that sense... even though I meet with Congressman and Senators and spoke at the hearing.

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AC: Do you believe that we as private citizens have the power to change the course our government is taking?

CS: Yes, we in GSFP have already made a major impact.

AC: Can you give any examples?

CS: Helping to publicize the Downing Street Memos, exit strategies coming from Congress... Our work has helped change public opinion.

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