Is Sheehan's son a war criminal?

Well, you know, unfortunately, part of that's true. I didn't realize this before Casey joined the Army. And you can bet your life, if I had known this before my son joined, he wouldn't have joined. And we tried to talk him out of it, and we tried to talk him out of going.

Well, when asked, Cindy Sheehan kind of said YES!

It's incredible that the outright bizzarre things Sheehan says never makes into the news about her. Here's the whole quote from Zombietime who videotaped the entire thing:

I was on a TV show -- it was Fox³ [laughter] -- and, um, the lady was commending me for my work in the Gulf states, and even really for my linking of Katrina with the war in Iraq. And how, um, George Bush has made us less secure by his policies, not more secure. And she said, "Well your work in the Gulf states is commendable, but what about your work in Venezuela?" And I said, "What work in Venezuela? I went down there for a social forum." She goes, "Yes, but you met with Hugo Chavez. And human rights groups have said that, have said that he tortures people and commits crimes against humanity." And I said, "You have to be kidding me." I said, "Our government tortures people and commits crimes against humanity⁴."
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[Reading question submitted by an audience member.] "Cindy Sheehan: The empire can recruit war criminals because there are parents like you. Your son was one of those war criminals⁵. And they-- And not a hero. Who tortures Iraqi prisoners, kill their women and children and blow up their houses. You can't have it both ways. The majority of the people on the planet think the world is a lot better with the war criminals dead."
[Cindy speaking for herself:] Well, you know, unfortunately, part of that's true⁶. I didn't realize this before Casey joined the Army. And you can bet your life, if I had known this before my son joined, he wouldn't have joined. And we tried to talk him out of it, and we tried to talk him out of going. And, I don't think we can blame our troops, though. I think we blame the people, the war criminals who put them in harm's way. Some of our troops are doing horrible things. And we can't say that they're all honorable and noble. But before Casey went to Iraq, he told everybody he couldn't kill innocent people. And in the first battle he was in he was killed five days after he got there. So, he didn't torture anybody. He didn't kill anybody. And you can't say that all of the soldiers are war criminals. But I can say that everybody in the Bush administration is a war criminal. [Applause.]  ~zombietime.com

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