Cindy Sheehan

I've resisted comment thus far on the Cindy Sheehan story because I'm loathe to criticize the grieving mother of a dead soldier. With revelations by Drudge that her tone has changed since the first time she did this and was allowed to speak with the president, as well as Drudge's latest update in which her family is repudiating her behavior, I've decided to hop in with one opinion, and one opinion only. Soldiers are adults, and as adults, they made their own decision to join the military. Some may have joined in an effort to get ahead, but they also knew the potential consequences of that decision. Cindy Sheehan's son was a brave young man to join the military. She is doing his memory no favors with her behavior, and given the crowd she seems to be hanging with, I can't help but think the anti-war types are manipulating her grief for their gain. But that is no excuse for Sheehan. Her loss is sad, but she needs to stop tilting at windmills.