Cindy Sheehan: Obama's policies are a 'facade'

Famous United States war activist Cindy Sheehan is protesting at Martha's Vineyard during US President Barack Obama's vacation this week.

"The reason I am here is because ... even though the facade has changed in Washington DC, the policies are still the same," the former California Congressional candidate. Cindy Sheehan, said in front of protesters with a 'Camp Casey' backdrop in Martha's Vineyard, according to AFP. Sheehan stated, in front of hundreds of fellow demonstrators and media personnel, to "wake up" and realize that Pres. Obama is escalating the war in Afghanistan. She further complained that, while Pres. Obama's anti-war stance throughout the Presidential election campaign, US troops still remain in Iraq. "We have to realize, it is not the president who is power, it is not the party that is in power it is the system that stays the same, no matter who is in charge. We are here to make the wars unpopular again." Cindy Sheehan lost her son, Casey, in Iraq and protested in front of former President George W. Bush's Texas ranch. She became the symbol of US peace activism.