The Ditch Bank Diva

I have deliberately waited before commenting on the Sheehan fiasco in Crawford, Texas.

I wanted to allow as much leeway as I possibly could to a grieving mother. Well, something happened.

When I was a kid, there was an expression: “You give them an inch… and they’ll take a mile”. The simple meaning was that some folks would take advantage of your generosity. That appears to be what has happened in Crawford.

Mrs. Sheehan was given all the latitude in the world to make her protest known to the President and the world. Now, however the Left’s propaganda wiz kids have moved in and taken advantage of the situation and make a mockery of what began as a grieving mother’s manifestation of grief over the loss of her son.

There is no shame remaining on the political Left in the US. What they have done in Crawford, Texas is beyond any kind of absolution. I include the MSM along with the spin miesters of the Left.

They have reached a new low. I didn’t think it was possible, but, somehow, they have managed it.

No longer is the protest of Mrs. Sheehan an embarrassment to the US, it is certainly being made use of by our Islamic enemies. For that reason, alone, if for no other, the Kabuki Theater presentation, on the Ditch Banks of Crawford, Texas need to be closed down. It cannot be good for national security.

The continual groveling before the cameras is cheapening the memory of her son and of his sacrifice for his country. He made a voluntary choice to become a member of the armed forces of the US and then, when his first hitch was up, he re-enlisted knowing he would be sent right back to Iraq. A man doesn’t do that unless he believes in the cause for which he is fighting.

All parents, well, most of us, at some point in the lives of our offspring, come to the realization that they are capable of making their own decisions. They may not be the same decisions we’d make, but, nevertheless, they will make them. It’s a part of the cycle of life. Our job, as parents, is to support them in that decision and do everything in our power to simply “be there” if their decision leads to failure. Second-guessing them will only add to the magnitude of the failure and the time it will take for them to recover from its effects.

If the family of Mrs. Sheehan can do it, the nicest thing they could do, right now, for this distraught lady, is to go to Crawford, Texas, collect her, and take her home. I make this suggestion out of love and respect for a grieving mother. Nothing else.

“Longstreet”