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August 26, 2005
Code Pink Activists Taunt Wounded Soldiers
Posted by Dave Blount at August 26, 2005 6:53 AM
It's not easy for an organization that raised money for al Qaeda to find new lows, but Code Pink is doing its level best — or rather worst.
CNSNews.com reports that Cindy Sheehan's Crawford puppeteers have been busy in the capital, organizing protests directly in front of the main entrance of The Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where hundreds of veterans are recovering from wounds sustained defending the liberties of all Americans, including the vermin waging psychological warfare against them.
The idea of looking out the hospital window to see that you had sacrificed yourself for scum, and that the scum doesn't even appreciate it, is bound to be disheartening. But most soldiers are aware that — media spin aside — the Code Pink/Cindy Sheehan Show segment of our society is far from representative of normal Americans. A more cruel twist of the knife is the protestors' play on survivors' guilt. Kevin Pannell of the Army's First Cavalry Division — who was recently treated at Walter Reed and had both legs amputated — explains:
We went by there one day and I drove by and [the anti-war protesters] had a bunch of flag-draped coffins laid out on the sidewalk. That, I thought, was probably the most distasteful thing I had ever seen. Ever. You know that 95 percent of the guys in the hospital bed lost guys whenever they got hurt and survivors' guilt is the worst thing you can deal with.
Here, as in Crawford, the activists would probably claim to be supporting the troops in their own special way. Here, as in Crawford, they would be lying. Code Pink has made no secret of its hostility to the military.
Check out CNSNew's video report.
Hat tip: Museum of Left Wing Lunacy.
