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		<title>Obama Ally Code Pink Justifies Fort Hood Terrorist Attack, Cashes in on Massacre in Veterans Day Fundraising Appeal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans.  Click here to read earlier articles.]
Following on the heels of their macabre Afghan war protest at a White House Halloween party that targeted children of military families for psychological abuse, leftist Obama ally Code Pink issued a statement [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[This is the latest segment in an ongoing series about Code Pink and its co-founder Jodie Evans.  Click <a href="http://biggovernment.com/author/taylorking">here</a> to read earlier articles.]</p>
<p>Following on the heels of their macabre Afghan war protest at a White House Halloween party that <a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/11/09/obama-ally-code-pink-targets-children-of-military-families-for-psychological-abuse/">targeted children of military families</a> for psychological abuse, leftist Obama ally Code Pink issued a statement justifying the terrorist attack at Fort Hood as opposition to the war from officers and put out a <a href="http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=5172">Veterans Day appeal</a> seeking to raise money off the Fort Hood terrorist attack.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Signed by <a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/23/a-name-americans-should-know-jodie-evans-and-the-obama-hollywood-terrorist-connection/">top Obama funder Jodie Evans</a>, the appeal was published at Code Pink&#8217;s website on Veterans Day and sent out the same day to the group&#8217;s e-mail list. The terrorist attack at Fort Hood is cited three times in the fundraising letter.</p>
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<p>As appalling as cashing in on the mass murder of 14 innocents is, Code Pink tops that by invoking sympathy for the alleged terrorist as a reason to give money to Code Pink&#8211;even putting his act of terrorism on the same moral plane as the recent protest resignation of a former officer who left his diplomatic post in Afghanistan over Obama&#8217;s war policy:</p>
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<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This Veteran&#8217;s Day, you can support Under the Hood and the soldiers who walk through their doors with a cash or in-kind donation&#8230;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Click here to see how else you can support Under the Hood (in-kind donations accepted too).</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;Our soldiers clearly need more care; the last thing they need is to be put into more harm&#8217;s way. Even US military officers think so&#8211;Matthew Hoh resigned from the Foreign Service in protest of the lack of clear mission and achievable results in Afghanistan, and of course the Ft. Hood shooter was a Major who did not wish to be deployed to Afghanistan.&#8221;</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Think about that. Code Pink says a mass murder terrorist act against unarmed soldiers is the moral equivalance of a protest resignation.</p>
<p>Code Pink is even more direct in their justification for the terrorist attack allegedly by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan in a statement <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/424/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1695">posted to their website</a> that they encourage opponents of America in Afghanistan to send to President Obama:</p>
<blockquote><p>The recent shootings at Ft. Hood and the resignation of top Foreign Service officer Matthew Hoh demonstrate how even our military officers are opposed to US strategy in Afghanistan.<strong> </strong></p></blockquote>
<p><em><strong><strong><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> Code Pink claims the money will be used to fund a campaign operated out of a coffee shop near Fort Hood called </span></span><a href="http://www.underthehoodcafe.org/index.html"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Under the Hood</span></span></a><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> that preys on soldiers and their families. However, the donation link goes to Code Pink&#8217;s fundraising page (https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/424/t/4589/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=5533) and not to Under the Hood&#8217;s website</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> (http://www.underthehoodcafe.org/donate.html). Note, fundraising links in this story are deliberately not active. </span></span></strong></strong></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Under the Hood was </span></span><a href="http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/08/15/0815hoodcafe.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">opened earlier this  year</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> in Killeen, about a mile from Fort Hood, as a joint effort of the terrorist support groups Code Pink and Iraq Veterans Against the War (both groups participated in the </span></span><a href="http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2005/09/declaration_of_2.html%22"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">World Tribunal on Iraq</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> which openly supported the terrorists in Iraq.) The cafe is run by the wife and step-mother of servicemen, Cynthia Thomas, whom </span></span><a href="http://codepink4peace.org/blog/2009/11/why-i-started-under-the-hood-in-killeen-tx/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Code Pink took under their wings</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The cafe is a reprise of pro-communist efforts during the Vietnam War to undermine morale on the homefront by exploiting the vulnerabilities of soldiers and their families with subversive cafes opened near military bases across the country. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Reportedly Fort Lewis and Fort Drum have also been targeted with subversive cafes in recent years. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> The name of the coffee shop, Under the Hood, is a wordplay on the subversive nature of the effort in Killeen. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">In the fundraising letter, Code Pink uses the words of Cynthis Thomas to describe the true aim of Under the Hood&#8211;to get soldiers to quit fighting for America: </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;For the soldiers who visit regularly, Under the Hood has become a home and we have become family. They tell us about their hardships, they ask for help, they seek information about their rights, and </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><strong>sometimes they find the strength to say NO to war</strong></span><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8221; </span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">(empahsis added.) </span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Under the Hood&#8217;s home page includes a testimonial from Spc. Victor Agosto, &#8220;</span></span><a href="http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=35497"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Afghanistan War Resister</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;:</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;The support I have received from my family at Under the Hood has helped me take the liberating leap from obedient soldier to war resister.</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> Code Pink opens the fundraising appeal with a cynical tug at the heart strings: </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;This Veterans Day, our hearts ache for the soldiers and their families affected by the recent shootings at Ft. Hood. Our hearts also ache for the soldiers and their families who continue to be affected by war in Iraq and Afghanistan on a daily basis.&#8221;</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> </span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Over the course of its seven year existence, Code Pink has caused enormous anguish to our soldiers and their families by calling our troops murderers, </span></span><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/05/code-pink-defaces-berkeley-military-recruitment-office/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">assassains</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.revcom.us/a/1210/codepink-iraq.htm"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">baby killers</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">, </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI81unmTDJ4"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">terrorists</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> and more in protests at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the White House Halloween party and the Berkeley Marine Corps officer recruiting centers as well as in numerous public statements. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> Code Pink has a </span></span><a href="http://biggovernment.com/2009/10/23/a-name-americans-should-know-jodie-evans-and-the-obama-hollywood-terrorist-connection/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">documented history</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> of working with state sponsors of terrorism who wage war on our troops and of </span></span><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=05D6F775-4573-45AD-AD87-83F4282D7532"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">supporting terrorist groups</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> that </span></span><a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=10017"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">target our troops</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> and our Middle East allies. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">When the U.S. liberated Iraq in 2003, Code Pink opened </span></span><a href="http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=93B414BA-4180-4F4F-A5B5-EE2F1C47D435"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Occupation Watch</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">, an office in Baghdad similar in purpose to Under the Hood in its goal to subvert the war effort by trying to get soldiers to quit fighting for America. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Code Pink&#8217;s history of working with America&#8217;s terrorist enemies has not prevented President Obama from allying himself with Code Pink co-founder Jodie Evans. She was tapped by the nascent Obama presidential campaign to </span></span><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117963535.html?categoryid=18&amp;cs=1"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">co-host its breakthrough Hollywood fundraiser</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> in February 2007. She was subsequently appointed a </span></span><a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=31412"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">bundler for the campaign</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Jodie Evans appeared with Obama at several high dollar events throughout the campaign. She personally donated </span></span><a href="http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/jodie-evans.asp?cycle=08"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">tens of thousands of dollars</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> to Obama&#8217;s presidential campaign and affiliated Democratic party campaign vehicles. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Last month, Obama allowed himself to be </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOeV5szb--M"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">filmed and photographed</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> with Jodie Evans at a $30,400 per couple fundraiser in San Francisco as she handed him a propaganda packet about Afghanistan. Evans was wearing Code Pink propaganda attire when she met Obama, a coup that she will surely share with her allies including </span></span><a href="http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/11/24/us-citizen-diplomats-arrive-in-iran-invited-by-ahmadinejad/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=22177"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Hugo Chavez</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> to demonstrate her influence at the highest levels of the United States government. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Blue Star mother Becky Davis, who has three sons in the military&#8211;all of whom have seen service in Iraq and Afghanistan&#8211;was outraged when she read the appeal from Code Pink seeking to raise funds from the Fort Hood massacre. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Davis founded a group called </span></span><a href="http://mfvov.com/"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Military Families Voice of Victory</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> with her husband several years ago. She keeps tabs on subversive groups like Code Pink as part of her efforts. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Davis told Big Government:</span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;I am appalled and outraged that Code Pink gets a pass from the mainstream media over the damage it does when they fund subversives and actively work to undermine the mission and morale of our troops, which can be deadly to our troops and our fellow Americans. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;Code Pink&#8217;s fundraising letter is morally bankrupt and tantamount to grave robbing. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;Code Pink&#8217;s justification for the terrorist attack at Fort Hood as opposition to the war in Afghanistan by officers is seditious. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;I hope the government thoroughly investigates Hasan&#8217;s connections to domestic groups, regardless of where that might lead. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8220;As the mother of three servicemen, I wonder why President Obama works with Code Pink, when they so openly work with our nation&#8217;s enemies.&#8221; </span></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Code Pink has been widely reported as softening their stance on Afghanistan after a recent trip there. Jodie Evans denied that in an interview with Donald Douglas of </span></span><a href="http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/code-pinks-jodie-evans-no-rethink-on.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">American Power</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">: </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">I asked her about Wednesday&#8217;s report in the Christian Science Monitor, &#8221; </span></span><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/1006/p06s10-wosc.html"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">&#8216;Code Pink&#8217; Rethinks Its Call for Afghanistan Pullout.&#8221;</span></span></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;"> Ms. Evans emphatically rejected the thesis of the article. Medea Benjamin was &#8220;misquoted,&#8221; she told me. Code Pink wants to bring the troops home, now! &#8212; there&#8217;s been no &#8220;rethinking&#8221; of the group&#8217;s demand for withdrawal of U.S. forces&#8230;She said she&#8217;d &#8220;been on the phone all day&#8221; clarifying Code Pink&#8217;s position on the war. A troop withdrawal remains the objective, but the U.S. should stay to focus on improving quality of life. </span></span></p></blockquote>
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