It looks to me like Code Pink is pretty desperate for PR help as well. From the way that the content of the "letter" bounced all over the place (between their anti-war message, to complaining about the wounded being brought in at night, to complaining about the meal charges, to complaining about the hospital being BRAC'd, to complaining about jobs in the area being lost, to complaining about the war again, then the counterprotest,then suggesting that the neighbors call the cops ... did I miss anything in all that?) it's clear that whoever wrote, edited and approved it has ZERO clue about effective message conveyance techniques. It reads like it was written by someone enamoured of their own thoughts in just a stream-of-consciousness fashion ... with no eye/ear towards effective delivery.
All politics aside, it's a pretty pathetic attempt at getting a message out and across. Anyone who's taken a collegiate-level freshman intro to public communications class would know better.
I think high school classes would cover it.
Code Pink Stinks.