Mia Farrow-What For Mr. Bush?-"How many more must die before this atrocity is stopped?"

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What for? {Devastating News from Mia Farrow}
by jimstaro
Fri May 30, 2008 at 12:10:16 PM PDT

On the 26th of this month, Memorial Day, at 12:21 AM, Mia Farrow posted the following on her blog. The 'What For?' is her subject title, and one many of us have been asking for these 5plus years.



We have just learned that my nephew, Jason Deane, died in Iraq yesterday


His mother is my sister, Tisa Farrow. His dad is Terry Deane.


Jason loved and was loved by his parents, his sister, Bridget, his brother, Mitchell, his wife Judi and their three small children. He was my God-son and much loved by all of us in this large family.


He also loved his country and he was proud to serve.


But I honestly don't know why Jason died. There was never any evidence of weapons of mass destruction. That was a lie. So people speculate -- was it the oil? Or the old grudges of an old man -- Cheney and his Halliburton? Or the unfinished business of the father -- some haunting of the son? Saddam was bad -- but by then a sleeping dog. Not making threats. The world is full of brutal leaders, some are worse than Saddam Hussein.


This war is as incomprehensible as it is unacceptable. In a cloud of confusion politicians, generals and ordinery people have come to see that it is a disaster. Exit plans are being discussed but Iraqi citizens and young Americans like our Jason are being killed.


For four years my sister has lived in fear of this day.


She is a nurse and was working at the hospital when the two uniformed men came to her home. Jason's sister, Bridget opened the door. They went to the hospital to give Tisa the most terrible news a mother could hear.


I hope I never see George W Bush.


I could not shake his hand. He and his cabal have killed my beautiful nephew just as surely as if they had shot him. May God, if there is one, forgive them. I cannot.


Today Tisa and Terry, Bridget and Mitchell, Judi, and the three little ones - have been given a life sentence of grief.


How many more must die before this atrocity is stopped?


posted by Mia at 12:22 PM


http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/30/15813/4701/189/525618

[understandinglife]

1. deleted.

[Disturbed]

2. Busholini is a Silver Spoon Sociopath Simpleton.

The US Occupation will continue until the Oil Deals are finalized. After that, US Troops & Mercs will
guard the "Vital US Interests".

[Blue_Tires]

3. sad to hear this

Mia has been tireless in her work against the war, and in trying to get more world attention to Darfur

[LeftinOH]

4. Mia's autobiography "What Falls Away" is actually pretty good- about

growing up in Hollywood (daughter of Maureen O'Sullivan), her childhood encounter with polio, and her career.. but it deals mostly with her family and her children. She lost a teenaged brother in an accident long ago- and she is close to her sister (Jason's mother). Another pointless death reverberating through a family.