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I sent this posting out to a bunch of people I know, along with the following commentary:

Hi Everyone,

I normally don't send out emails like this to people I know, but this came to my attention today.

For those of you who don't know, Code Pink is the organization that (among other things) gave money to forces in Fallujah that ended up killing our Soldiers and Marines. While gravely injured military personnel lay in beds inside Walter Reed, they and their families have had to view the activities of Code Pink who have protested outside Walter Reed for the last four years with hateful signs like "Enlist to Die for Halliburton" and so on. I have seen this with my own eyes outside the hospital. It should be a place of healing, not protest. I know this fellow Kristinn who compiled and wrote this, and he is completely reliable.

Those of you who know me realize I don't make any bones about where I stand with organizations such as Code Pink and the people within them. Obama is a politician, and as such, is expected to meet, greet and woo the votes of people that I occasionally disagree with. But as a prospective Commander in Chief, he should not be interacting with these people at all. Even pandering for votes should have its limits.

Remember this between now and November when Barack Obama touts his support for our men and women in uniform. Please remember that he supports organizations like Code Pink and the people in them, and solicits money, support and votes from them. Remember it. Our military personnel have to endure low pay, long separations and dangerous, life threatening work to serve on our behalf.

So, in the next four months, when you hear Barack Obama say that he supports the military, remember this, and ask yourself if he means what he says, or if he is just angling for your vote. You have the right to vote for whom you choose, but understand who you vote for.

We lost 51 men killed in the fight for Fallujah, and 425 were wounded.

Code Pink GAVE the forces that fought our men $600,000 to use as they saw fit. If you think that this money was used for "humanitarian purposes", remember, these are people that used ambulances to move militants and ammunition. They have used the corpses of people and animals filled with explosives to kill our troops. These same types of people have even stooped so low as to use a handicapped teenager with Downs Syndrome as an unwitting human bomb. They weren't going to use that money to buy dried milk for infants.

If you think this is important, please forward this on to anyone you know that might be interested.

In the account below, read the comments below that Barak Obama made to Jodie Evans (As related by Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Code Pink)