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Surely I cannot be alone in finding obscene George Bush's promotion of Tammy Pruett against Cindy Sheehan? The loss of human life is immeasurable, it is beyond price, beyond our words. One wife and mother feels pride in six family members serving in Iraq. One mother feels inconsolable anguish over the loss of a son in a war that fails so many logic tests. What is the equation here? Six lives>One death? Triumph versus Grief?
Cindy and Tammy represent two timeless images. Tammy: the woman sending warriors off to battle with a smile, waving a handkerchief, speaking great encouragement - and perhaps a white feather in the mail for those who are tardy or reluctant. Cindy: the woman for whom the war has meant great cost, great loss, and finds no sense for solace.
Each of these archetypes co-exist. They are two sides of a coin which, if only we were a peaceful race, would not exist at all.
