I have great sympathy for Cindy Sheehan. I can't even comprehend the pain she must have from the death of her son.
However, experiencing tragedy in life does not automatically make someone "heroic" or a good spokesman or leader. Not every reaction to grief is a positive one. People react in different ways, and not all of them are good.
Suppose Cindy was camping out in Texas, and screaming, "Those rag-head bastards killed my son; I want the President to nuke them all, NOW! I want Bush to bring our soldiers home, and then send bombers over Iraq, Iran, Palestinian camps, and Saudi Arabia, and drop nukes on all of them. They killed my son, and they must pay!"
I wouldn't support those statements any more than her anti-Bush rants. A rant is a rant, regardless of the target.
The poor woman is not rational, and she is being taken advantage of by other people and groups.
