Cher pushing safer military helmets (against the war but for the troops)

[LynneSin]

Nice to know that not all of the late Sony Bono's wives are rampant Bush loving, warhawks. And at least this ex-wife is actually doing something about it. Perhaps Rep Mary Bono can get a few tips from the first Mrs. Bono!

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_CHER?SITE=DEWIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Cher pushing safer military helmets

AP Photo/DENNIS COOK

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cher, who opposes the war in Iraq but supports the troops, says using her celebrity to promote effective helmets for U.S. soldiers is rewarding - and "the right thing to do."

"To be able to use your celebrity for something that you really think is worthwhile is so rewarding," the 60-year-old singer-actress says in an interview that was to air Wednesday night on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" (10 p.m. EDT).

"It just makes you feel like this is the right thing to do. This is the American thing to do," she tells Cooper. Excerpts of the interview were released in advance.

Cher says it makes her angry "when people say that if you're not for the war, you don't support the troops. And I'm not for the war. And I really support the troops."

Last week, she attended a hearing in Washington on whether to modify helmets for soldiers in Iraq. The entertainer has donated more than $130,000 to the group Operation Helmet, which pays about $100 to modify the inside of soldiers' helmets to make them better able to absorb shock from a bomb blast

[LostinVA]

1. Sonny's widow is such a skanky little Freeper

Go Cher!