Letter To Cindy Sheehan
From Ray McGovern
8-12-5
Dear Cindy,
You are, in biblical terms, salt that has not lost its flavor...or its
ability to catalyze! You certainly have catalyzed me.
Oddly, two things have kept rumbling through my mind this past week.
~ A poem by a Russian poet Nekrasov, the poet of Russian pain. The
poem is titled Vnimaya Uzhazom Voiny --'Paying Attention to the
Horrors of War'. Nekrasov singles out mothers: 'Mothers are the only
ones who will never forget their children fallen on the battlefield,
just as a willow tree will never be able to lift its drooping
branches.'
It sounds a lot better in Russian. I look forward to sharing the whole
poem and translation with you after I arrive at Camp Casey outside of
Crawford on Saturday.
~ A passage from Dr. Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham City
Jail:
So we had no alternative except that of preparing for direct action,
whereby we would present our bodies as a means of laying our cause
before the conscience of the local and national community.
It has been great to know that fellow Veteran Professional for Sanity,
Ann Wright, has been with you throughout. We have been well
represented; hope you are ready for reinforcements. I was delighted to
hear from Ann today of the arrival of the crosses, stars of David, and
crescents from Arlington West. Over 1800 of them now. There were only
1700 just a month or so ago, when I had the privilege of helping put
them up on Santa Monica beach early one Sunday morning.
Keep looking to the hills for the horses and chariots of fire, and
remember -- there are more of us than there are of them. And I am sure
more and more will be coming in the weeks ahead.
Your friend,
Ray
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Ray McGovern works for Tell the Word, the publishing arm of the
ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. During his 27-year
career as a CIA analyst, he chaired National Intelligence Estimates
and prepared/briefed the President's Daily Brief. He is co-founder of
Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
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