Reply #52: more links re: Deborah Johns

[Kadie]

Supporters of U.S. Involvement in Iraq Plan Caravan to Texas

The anti-war protest by a Vacaville mother outside the president's Texas ranch is galvanizing some who support the country's continued involvement in Iraq. One of those is a serviceman's mother who feels now more than ever the country must stand strong behind the troops.

Roseville resident Deborah Johns' son William is a Marine stationed in Iraq. She sympathizes with Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war protester who lost her son to enemy fire 16 months ago. However, Johns believes a pull-out now would negate what troops are fighting for in Iraq. She takes exception to Sheehan's protest and plans to do something about it.

"It absolutely has mushroomed, but that's our liberal media," said Johns. "They continue to like to hear the negative and not the positive that's going on." Johns is organizing what could be hundreds of others to participate in a caravan leaving San Francisco on Monday. The caravan is destined for Crawford, Texas, in a gesture of support for President George W. Bush.

Johns believes it's important to demonstrate her support for the course Bush has chosen. "If God took my son and called him home, I would continue to stand behind our military men and women and I would continue to support our president of the United States," she said.

http://www.news10.net/storyfull1.asp?id=12639


Sheehan Becomes Target For Conservatives

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Not far from Vacaville, Deborah Johns is dropping everything to travel to Crawford next week. But she's going to speak out against Cindy Sheehan, who Johns says is aiding the enemy.

Deborah Johns, Elk Grove resident: "I believe it continues to give the insurgents the will to fight against our military men and women instead of thinking 'hey we're going to pull out of there like Somalia.'"

The mother of a marine who has served in Iraq has produced a TV ad for the conservative group calling Sheehan the "heroine of the blame America first crowd."

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http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=politics&id=3359551