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{{Cquote|I was the darling of the so-called left as long as I limited my protests to [[George Bush]] and the [[Republican Party]]. ...However, when I started to hold the [[Democratic Party]] to the same standards that I held the Republican Party, support for my cause started to erode and the “[[left]]” started labeling me with the same slurs...The most devastating conclusion that I reached ... was that Casey did indeed die for nothing....killed by his own country which is beholden to and run by a war machine that even controls what we think. ...I have also tried to work within a peace movement that often puts personal egos above peace and human life. ...George Bush will never be impeached because if the Democrats dig too deeply, they may unearth a few skeletons in their own graves ...This is my resignation letter as the “face” of the American anti-war movement. ...Good-bye America…you are not the country that I love...<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/29/1495/ Good Riddance Attention Whore], by Cindy Sheehan, ''CommonDreams.org'', May 29, 2007.</ref> }}

{{Cquote|I was the darling of the so-called left as long as I limited my protests to [[George Bush]] and the [[Republican Party]]. ...However, when I started to hold the [[Democratic Party]] to the same standards that I held the Republican Party, support for my cause started to erode and the “[[left]]” started labeling me with the same slurs...The most devastating conclusion that I reached ... was that Casey did indeed die for nothing....killed by his own country which is beholden to and run by a war machine that even controls what we think. ...I have also tried to work within a peace movement that often puts personal egos above peace and human life. ...George Bush will never be impeached because if the Democrats dig too deeply, they may unearth a few skeletons in their own graves ...This is my resignation letter as the “face” of the American anti-war movement. ...Good-bye America…you are not the country that I love...<ref>[http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/29/1495/ Good Riddance Attention Whore], by Cindy Sheehan, ''CommonDreams.org'', May 29, 2007.</ref> }}

Parents of soldiers killed in action have taken issue with her actions, specifically her use in protests of the names of other soldiers who have been killed in the [[Iraq War]].  Some parents of slain soldiers have supported her activism.  <ref>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3723057&nav=0s3ddLEI</ref>  Journalists reported that Sheehan agreed to make commercials for [[John Kerry]] during the 2004 Presidential campaign and was put on his campaign payroll, however it appears the commercials may have never been produced.  <ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221519,00.html</ref>   

Parents of soldiers killed in action have taken issue with her actions, specifically her use in protests of the names of other soldiers who have been killed in the [[Iraq War]].  Some parents of slain soldiers have supported her activism.  <ref>http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=3723057&nav=0s3ddLEI</ref>  Journalists reported that Sheehan agreed to make commercials for [[John Kerry]] during the 2004 Presidential campaign and was put on his campaign payroll, however it appears the commercials may have never been produced.  <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,221519,00.html 'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan Exposed], ''FOX News'', October 17, 2006.</ref>   

As the public face of the anti-war movement Sheehan made extremely [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] remarks <ref>[http://www.nysun.com/article/18436 Cindy Sheehan's Crowd], New York Sun Editorial, August 11, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0905/glick090205.php3  The true believers,] By Caroline B. Glick, ''Jewish World Review'', Sept. 2, 2005 /28 Meanachem-Av, 5765.</ref>, and was critical of [[Neo-conservative]]s <ref>[http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-antisemitism&month=0304&week=&msg=4zdiWX1EuCVzeRLDdQySKA&user=&pw= 'Neo-conservative' is a codeword for Jewish], Dr. Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Institute, Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya, H-Net discussion April 6, 2003]</ref>, blaming [[Israel]] for her son's death. <ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/22/the_cindy_sheehan_you_dont_know/ The Cindy Sheehan you don't know], By Cathy Young, ''The Boston Globe'', August 22, 2005.</ref>  Specifically, Sheehan alleged:

As the public face of the anti-war movement Sheehan made extremely [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] remarks <ref>[http://www.nysun.com/article/18436 Cindy Sheehan's Crowd], New York Sun Editorial, August 11, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0905/glick090205.php3  The true believers,] By Caroline B. Glick, ''Jewish World Review'', Sept. 2, 2005 /28 Meanachem-Av, 5765.</ref>, and was critical of [[Neo-conservative]]s <ref>[http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-antisemitism&month=0304&week=&msg=4zdiWX1EuCVzeRLDdQySKA&user=&pw= 'Neo-conservative' is a codeword for Jewish], Dr. Barry Rubin, director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Institute, Interdisciplinary Center of Herzliya, H-Net discussion April 6, 2003]</ref>, blaming [[Israel]] for her son's death. <ref>[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/08/22/the_cindy_sheehan_you_dont_know/ The Cindy Sheehan you don't know], By Cathy Young, ''The Boston Globe'', August 22, 2005.</ref>  Specifically, Sheehan alleged: