Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Kerry to Code Pink: 'When I Was 27 I Had Similar Feelings'

Kerry to Code Pink: 'When I Was 27 I Had Similar Feelings'
During his testimony Tuesday before the Senate about the U.S. intervening in Syria, as Secretary of State John F. Kerry finished his opening statement, Code Pink's Medea Benjamin started an intentional ruckus, shouting, "Secretary Kerry, the people do not want" war with Syria! As security hauled her out, Kerry talked about how he agreed with her "the first time I testified before this committee" when he was 27-years old, forty-two years ago.

You know the first time I testified before this committee, when I was 27 years-old, I had feeling very similar to that protester … and I think we can all respect those who have a different point of view, and we do.

The testimony Kerry referred to was his 1971 appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where the former Vietnam Veteran blistered America's military involvement in a far off civil war. Kerry accused American servicemen of horrific crimes -- the random killing of civilians; rape, torture, and corpse mutilation "reminiscent of Genghis Khan." He added that these were "not isolated incidents, but day-to-day" events.

Kerry also described America's intervention in this far-off civil was as fighting for "the biggest nothing in history."  

Codepink
Medea Benjamin is a co-founder for the Codepink.

Note: Jodie Evans is a co-founder for the Codepink, a director at the Drug Policy Alliance, and a trustee at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Drug Policy Alliance, and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a director at the Drug Policy Alliance, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute, the New America Foundation, the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Katrina vanden Heuvel is a trustee at the Roosevelt Institute, a trustee at the Institute for Policy Studies, and married to Stephen F. Cohen.
Stephen F. Cohen is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, and a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev.
Mikhail Gorbachev is a friend of Stephen F. Cohen, and was the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Robert S. Strauss was the U.S. ambassador for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), is a senior adviser for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and a partner at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP.
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was housed at the New America Foundation.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the United Arab Emirates.
League of Arab States is a member of the United Arab Emirates.
Syria is a member of the League of Arab States.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Teresa Heinz Kerry is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and married to John F. Kerry.
John F. Kerry is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and a friend of J. Robert Kerrey.
J. Robert Kerrey is a friend of John F. Kerry, a council of advisor’s member for Global Green USA, was a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the commissioner for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.
Lee H. Hamilton was the vice chair for the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a board member for Global Green USA.
Leonardo DiCaprio is a board member for Global Green USA, and a trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Global Green USA is the US affiliate for Green Cross International.
Mikhail Gorbachev is the founder of Green Cross International, a friend of Stephen F. Cohen, and was the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).
Stephen F. Cohen is a friend of Mikhail Gorbachev, and married to Katrina vanden Heuvel.
Katrina vanden Heuvel is married to Stephen F. Cohen, a trustee at the Institute for Policy Studies, and a director at the Roosevelt Institute.
Jodie Evans is a trustee at the Institute for Policy Studies, a director at the Drug Policy Alliance, and a co-founder for Codepink.
Medea Benjamin is a co-founder for Codepink.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Drug Policy Alliance.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a director at the Drug Policy Alliance, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Roosevelt Institute.

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