See this letter from the Arizona Republic Online Edition

Cindy Sheehan's protest is heroic

Aug. 15, 2005 12:00 AM

When a lone Chinese protester faced down a tank in Tiananmen Square, the world applauded him as a hero. He stood up to an evil government in the full view of the world.

Why should we not treat Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who is protesting outside President Bush's Texas ranch, the same way?

There is no one finer than the American fighting man and woman. They have selflessly gone wherever ordered, whenever ordered to do so by their commander in chief.

To send these noble military personnel to a place we do not belong, for reasons that never existed - which is what George W. Bush has done - is to abuse their good will and the patriotism of our military.

On top of that, Bush has done everything in his power to minimize any personalization or honoring of their losses. He brings bodies home in the dark of night and tries to distract our attention from their deaths.

Godspeed to Cindy Sheehan and to all the other families of lost servicemen and women, and honor to their memory. - Don McGuire, Glendale