Code Pink and DADT.

As expected Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin put this out since it was repealed. No really surprised.

The peace group I co-founded, CODEPINK, has not only been protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the drone attacks in Pakistan, but we have been going to military recruiting stations, high schools and career fairs throughout the country encouraging our youth not to join the military.

Ok here is the warning. Put down any drinks and keep them there for the entire post. Yes it will be that bad.

Final warning,

Ok here we go, considering Code Pinks actions in the past years before reading the next quote.

We know that the military is one of the only ways many young people can afford a college education these days and that the financial crisis severely limits this generation’s career options. But we still encourage young men and women to look for other opportunities that don’t involved killing or being killed in wars we shouldn’t be fighting.

It might seem contradictory, then, that CODEPINK was an enthusiastic supporter of the rights for gays and lesbians to join and serve openly in the military. But within our organization, it was never even controversial — we stand up for the rights of all human beings. The decision to join the military or not should be determined by individual choice, not institutional discrimination.

WTF? Really? So what was all of that going on in Berkley? Yea here is what they really think of individual choice.

But then it gets better.

We understand that allowing gay soldiers to openly serve in the military is a crack in the armor of bigotry that will eventually open the way for gay people to marry and be guaranteed equality in the workplace. We understand this victory in the larger context of the march toward full human rights for this oppressed community. And who knows? Perhaps this victory will also serve to strengthen the military’s respect for human rights abroad.

Yea because we never had any of that before DADT was repealed.

But is comes down to the real reason Code Pink supported the repeal of DADT.

We also understand the potential for a powerful alliance between the gay and anti-war communities. We can work together to help young people — gay and straight — find careers that won’t kill them, maim them, destroy them psychologically, or cause them to do harm to others.

We can jointly reach out to those already in the military to speak out against the violations of the rights of peoples whose land we occupy. We can ask gay veterans to join groups like Veterans for Peace and Iraq Veterans Against the War. And we can work together to turn our military from an aggressive force to one that truly defends us here at home.

So they want them to join so they can have a fresh batch of Soldiers to use and throw away, since the current supply is running low.

Oh in case your wondering she will be at Fort Benning next year to take part of the SOA protests.

It it now safe to resume or start drinking.

Category: Code Pink, I hate hippies, Military issues