Lynn C. Woolsey: “the headline in this morning's Washington Post reads: ``Bush says War is Worth Sacrifice.'' Well, easy for him to say…”

“the headline in this morning's Washington Post reads: ``Bush says War is Worth Sacrifice.'' Well, easy for him to say, because he has not sacrificed a thing, unless you count his sagging poll numbers. This President needs to look into the eyes of more than 1,700 widows or grieving mothers and fathers and tell them his preemptive war is worth the sacrifice. He needs to tell it to my friend Cindy Sheehan, who came to Washington two weeks ago and spoke movingly about what it was like to see her son Casey, lying in a coffin with the same lack of muscle tone he had as a newborn infant 25 years before. Casey Sheehan and his family were told there were weapons of mass destruction. They were told Saddam Hussein was connected to the attacks on America nearly 4 years ago. And long after that myth had been debunked, President Bush still had the audacity to go before the American people last night and raise the ``bloody flag of 9/11,'' as a New York Times editorial put it. I have been to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where the President spoke last night. In fact, 3 months ago I spoke there at a peace rally organized by a group called Iraq Veterans Against the War. Fayetteville is actually home to a vibrant anti-war community. Not despite the fact that it is home to Fort Bragg, but because it is a military stronghold. With a majority of Americans turning against this war, it only makes sense that those who have sacrificed the most for this war are also opposed to it.…”