Casey Sheehan
Since the right-wing folks like Michelle Malkin
seem to have suddenly developed psychic powers with respect to poor dead Casey
Sheehan, I thought I'd give it a shot. After all, I used to write Dr. Strange
for a living--and I have the latest in modern
technology.
"Um hello? Is this thing
on? That's a nice iPod, by the
way."
"Anyway. I would really, really
like to know how you guys think you're honoring me by smearing my mother. What
do you think I was fighting for, if not
her?"
"No, I'm not going to tell you
whether I support George Bush's policies and the conduct of this war. If I said
I did, you'd sit around and feel justified--and if I said I opposed it--well,
who's going to trust a disembodied podcast from
beyond?"
"No. what I want to say
is--first off, just how incompetent do you think we are? Criticism at home
causing soldiers' deaths? You're as good as saying that we're such piss-poor
soldiers that we'll screw up and get ourselves killed if we aren't given happy
talk all the time? We're professionals, damn it! We're in life or death
situations every day! We don't allow our friends to die. or die
ourselves--because of
criticism.
And if you think the insurgents need any more encouragement than they've already
got, you're just plain crazy. 'Oh, I wasn't sure about attacking the Americans
just because Allah promised me blessed martyrdom--but now that I know that Mrs.
Sheehan's against the war too, lemme at
'em!'"
"You want not to cost the lives
of the troops? Try getting us some armor for our humvees! You want to make the
Iraqis fight less fiercely? Apologize for Abu
Ghraib!"
"OK, but more to the point--if
you're really worried about how we feel--felt--feel--over in Iraq, do you really
think we're going to feel better to know that our mothers are going to get
called racist and insane if they disagree with the war? I've got news for you:
even among the most upright down-the-line let's- roll guys on the ground, there
are plenty with moms who hate the war. Plenty. And even among those guys, the
idea that if they die, that their moms are going to be vilified on national TV
for mourning them and wanting to know why they died? If there's something from
back home that could bust someone's spirit, that would do it.
"
"Like I said, we're soldiers. We
don't let our buddies down. Let Michael Moore and MoveOn say the war is
wrong--we'll still do our jobs. But if there's one thing we do expect--we the
dead as well as the living still fighting--and pardon my French,
but--lay the FUCK off our
families."
"Support
the troops. Support Cindy Sheehan."
"I
love you, Mom."
(The transcription was
impeded by this annoying New Age music that kept fading in and out, but I think
I got it down all right.)
Posted: Sunday - August 21, 2005 at 02:25 PM