Cindy Sheehan speaks for me

There will be a lot of blogviating on this opinion piece in the WSJ (no reg req.) today. I saw a Dad on television last night as well, one of the favored 922 people, (out of the thousands of family members who lost loved ones), who was granted an audience with Bush, who said the same thing. Cindy doesn't speak for him.

Nobody ever said she speaks for everyone and I don't blame the parents of the war dead who can't bring themselves to face the truth. The recurring theme in their rebuke of Cindy is "our sons did not die in vain," they can't have, or their deaths would mean nothing.

I don't blame them for their denial. It's how they deal with their loss. To accept the truth would only cause more crushing pain. But despite their protestations to the contrary, Cindy speaks for everyone with the fortitude to face the ugly implications of the ongoing campaign of deceit originating from this administration.

The seven day candle I lit for Cindy last night is still burning strong and clear and so is the spirit of her vigil for peace. The millions of Americans who no longer support this war, or who never did, have found our voice in her and God willing, we will raise it until we shake the truth out of the rafters of the White House.