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A Cross To Bear

We have heard all the noise coming out of Crawford Texas and supporters of Cindy Sheehan tell us that we, as citizens, have no real right to criticize her. You see, we have not experienced the loss that she has. Cindy lost a son in war, a son who volunteered for the duty. It is a shame and the loss is tragic as is the loss of any life in the war. But, we can not criticize a woman who has taken the grieving process to a level that is not addressed in psychiatry textbooks. I imagine that the consensus is that unless you lost a child in the war, you have no right to say anything about Cindy and the band of squatters.

Enter Gary Qualls. He was very upset that Camp Cindy had placed a cross bearing his son’s name in the squatter’s field. He removed it and had to remove two others that were erected there. He then started his own camp, Camp Qualls, named after his son Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls who died last fall. Mr. Qualls was fed up with the protesters and said they were disrespectful to those who had died. He also said this:

“If I have to sacrifice my whole family for the sake of our country and world, other countries that want freedom, I’ll do that,” said the soldier’s father, Gary Qualls, a friend of the local business owner who started the pro-Bush camp. He said his 16-year-old son now wants to enlist, and he supports that decision.

Keep in mind that this man has lost a son in the war yet he has not lost focus on why we are fighting. He established Camp Qualls as a counter to Camp Cindy. I would imagine that the MSM would be all around Mr. Qualls to get his story, put him in the paper and on all the news programs so that they could present both sides of the story. Like I said, I imagine it because it will not be real. The amazing thing is that only Cindy is afforded the grieving parent with the right to act in any manner she sees fit. Mr. Qualls is not afforded that probably because his story is not what the MSM wants to hear. Mr. Qualls is far from some protester looking for his 15 minutes. He has extended an offer to debate those from Camp Cindy about the war and their motives. It seems though that the whack jobs in her camp are again filling us with the double standard. Here is what one of the arrogant jackasses had to say:

“We’re asking for a meeting with the president, period,” said Michelle DeFord, whose 37-year-old son, Sgt. David W. Johnson, was in the Army National Guard from Oregon when he was killed in Iraq last fall. “We don’t want to debate with people who don’t understand our point of view.” emphasis added

So Cindy can rant because she lost a son and those who are with her can protest because they lost loved ones also. They can not be criticized because no one knows what they are going through and in comes a man who has experienced the exact same thing and they push him aside. In other words they are saying how dare he use his sons death to support the war? What gives him the right? Who does he think he is?

I will tell you who he is whack job. He is a man who understands your point of view and does not agree with it. He is someone who has the same right based upon the same experiences as you yet you refuse to see it that way. I am willing to bet if he walked into their camp and wanted to join them he would be welcomed with open arms. Instead, they used his son’s name to further their cause while shunning the father. Great group of people who really care.

No, instead they told him his son was not worth as much as theirs and that he could not understand what they are going through. His loss was not as important because he still supports and loves his country. The have to have some DNC operative teaching them to blatantly apply a double standard.

You can read it here.