Reply #36: Former Marine Sgt. Philip Mitchell [View All]

Mitchell looked on from a distance with his arms folded. He served in the Marine Corps from 2000 to 2004.

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Sheehan is making a mockery of men and women like him who served, he said.

"If I died over there and my mother did this, I would roll over in my grave," Mitchell said. "But I understand, everybody has the right to protest. This is America. That's what we fight for."



After listening to Sheehan, Mitchell questioned her true intent.

"If her son had not died in Iraq, would she be doing what she's doing? I'm not talking bad because we fought for these freedoms, but would she be doing this?"

Asked whether her efforts made a mockery of American servicemen and women, Sheehan provided an emphatic response.

"How many of us (here) are former members of the service?" she asked. Many hands went into the air.

"It's (Bush and Cheney) that are making a mockery of our service," she said.


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