Cindy Sheehan: "Canada out of Afghanistan!"

[Strike For The South]

Louis I love ya but saying he didnt know what he was getting into was a lie its like becoming a doctor and surprised when you see a cancer patient you know it could happen. Wether the goverment starts a war or not you join the milatary to fight wether it be in Carters adminastration or Bushes. The boy was old enough to know what he was doing and he renlisted. Sheenan has gone from a mother with misplaced grief to a tool in the crap factory known as poltics

[Duke Malcolm]

We have a similar person in the People's Republic - Rose Gentle. Her son had been in the Royal Highland Fusiliers for a year or so and was sent to Iraq and thence killed. She started saying her son had been under-trained, even after basic army training, infantry training, and several months erstwhile. She has since started to support the Scottish Socialist Party (the most bizarre bunch of odd balls, loonies, and naive crooks)...

[Seamus Fermanagh]

It's about politics.

Ms. Sheehan, either as a result of the loss of her son or perhaps prior to that time, became a supporter of the hyper-liberal agenda. She is agressively pursuing photo-ops and situations wherein she can showcase that agenda.

Canada, having recently elected a conservative party government (by a narrowish margin) is a target for potential change. If public sentiment can be swayed more toward the socialist/leftist agenda by any means -- including an assertion that Canada is morally culpable for Iraq (less than popular in Canada) by "enabling" the Bush administration through its participation in Afghanistan -- the current government might be forced from power and a more staunchly leftist government put it.

If this new government feels it needs to make a "statement" to support its new-found voters, it could then initiate a withdrawal of Canadian support and worsen the logistics for the Bush administration.

If this change could be effected quickly enough to have the Canadians throw out the conservatives immediately prior to the US elections in November -- and perhaps turn out more leftist voters in the USA -- Sheehan would be doubly pleased.

Moreover, what have the leftist agenda types or Cindy risked by making the effort? Her reputation as a political leader? Chance of a backlash and sudden growth of Canadian support for the Iraq conflict.

So, in short, they are risking virtually nothing and have a significant potential "prize" for her efforts. So its not likely to work, what have they lost? Seems pretty shrewd to me.

The traitorous witch (this label chosen as a substitute for moderator-sensitive language and not intended as a slur on practitioners of the ancient craft)!

[lars573]

If that is her plan, it's the most poorly planned political action since the USSR's hardline communist coup in 1991.

The only realistic alterantive to the conservative are the liberals. And they have no leader. Won't until summer. Then the new leader needs to get his face known. Plus no party wants to piss off the electorate with a thrid election in 5 years.

Add to that most people still think Afghanistan was the right action to take and there is no great call for us to pull our troops out. Not like the reaction to Haiti.