Samara Cindy To Urge German Government To Restrain US Military

It's one thing for Cindy Sheehan to urge the American people to stop the Iraq War.

It's quite another for her to travel to Germany and urge a foreign state to block US actions.

“[We’ve already heard] that Cindy Sheehan is like Hanoi Jane [Fonda] coming here,� said Elsa Rassbach, an event organizer with American Voices Abroad, which is supporting Sheehan’s trip.

But, she said, “We’re here to just democratically talk about U.S. policy.�

On March 11, protesters plan to walk from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to a parking lot just outside Ramstein Air Base, where Sheehan will be at a “camp,� paying tribute to those who have died in the Iraq war.

“Cindy will be with us at Camp Casey Landstuhl/Ramstein to call attention to the fact that Germany is Europe’s logistical hub for the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and others threatening Iran and the Middle East,� according to an event flier. “Germany has the power to stop the further use of U.S. bases in Germany for illegal wars and criminal methods of warfare — the power and the right to just say no!�

Call me old-fashioned, but I'm not sure if the right to free speech embraces inciting foreign nations against us. I thought free speech was supposed to enable Americans to persuade other Americans of the soundness of their position, not to encourage foreign powers to act against our democratically-decided policies.

If she wants to protest the war in Iraq, shouldn't she, like, go to Iraq? Just sayin'.

Thanks to Craig.

posted by Ace at 03:30 PM

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