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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</ref>   

As the public face of the anti-war movement Sheehan made extremely [[Anti-Semitism|antisemitic]] remarks <ref>http://www.nysun.com/article/18436</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>, even 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/ </ref>  The remarks were condemned by 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee [[Michael Dukakis]]'s campaing manager and prominent commentator or DNC affairs, [[Susan Estrich]]. <ref>[http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2005/0826/Columns/009.html Anti-Semitism cannot be accepted], Susan Estrich, ''The Gaffney Ledger'', August 26, 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</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>, even 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/ </ref>  Specifically, Sheehan alleged:

{{Cquote|Casey was killed for lies and for a [[PNAC]] [[Neo-Con]] agenda to benefit [[Israel]].  We were told that we were [[September 11, 2001 attacks|attacked on 9/11]] because the [[terrorist]]s hate our freedoms and democracy … not for the real reason, because the Arab Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern [[foreign policy]]. <ref>National Review, [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2FjYjA3NDU2NThiZjI4YzFkYTdkZmViY2M5M2U4MTE= ''Dear Useful Idiot''], Catherine Seipp, May 26, 2006. </ref>}}

{{Cquote|Casey was killed for lies and for a [[PNAC]] [[Neo-Con]] agenda to benefit [[Israel]].  We were told that we were [[September 11, 2001 attacks|attacked on 9/11]] because the [[terrorist]]s hate our freedoms and democracy … not for the real reason, because the Arab Muslims who attacked us hate our middle-eastern [[foreign policy]]. <ref>National Review, [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=N2FjYjA3NDU2NThiZjI4YzFkYTdkZmViY2M5M2U4MTE= ''Dear Useful Idiot''], Catherine Seipp, May 26, 2006. </ref>}}

Estrich rejoined,

The PNAC, or Project for the New American Century, founded in 1997 is a think tank whose stated goals are to keep American policymakers and the public focused upon America's global leadership role at the end of the [[Cold War]] and avoid a flight into [[isolationism]] again.  Liberal anti-Semites have attacked it as a Jewish conspiracy. <ref>[http://kucinich.us/node/1028#comment-548 US or Israel will attack Iran by March] Submitted by James Morris on Tue, 2006-12-19 02:58.  Retrieved from [[Kucinich]] 2008, 2007-05-31.</ref>  Sheehan's remarks were condemned by 1988 Democratic Presidential Nominee [[Michael Dukakis]]'s campaing manager and prominent commentator or DNC affairs, [[Susan Estrich]]. <ref>[http://www.gaffneyledger.com/news/2005/0826/Columns/009.html Anti-Semitism cannot be accepted], Susan Estrich, ''The Gaffney Ledger'', August 26, 2005. </ref> Estrich rejoined,

{{Cquote|If the “antiwar movement” in America is defined, even remotely, as an anti-Israel movement, it will fail. That is certain to me. ...If I believed in [[conspiracy|conspiracy theories]], I’d think that the right would like nothing better than to have Cindy Sheehan lead it for just that reason. ...They might be laughing all the way to the bank about the embrace of her by the socalled [[liberal media]]. ...To tell the truth, it’s just what I’m afraid of.}}

{{Cquote|If the “antiwar movement” in America is defined, even remotely, as an anti-Israel movement, it will fail. That is certain to me. ...If I believed in [[conspiracy|conspiracy theories]], I’d think that the right would like nothing better than to have Cindy Sheehan lead it for just that reason. ...They might be laughing all the way to the bank about the embrace of her by the socalled [[liberal media]]. ...To tell the truth, it’s just what I’m afraid of.}}