Code Pink finally showed up…in Egypt?
Business Insider caught this from Al Jazeera: Code Pink showing their support of the protesters in Egypt.
This has been confirmed by Medea Benjamin’s Twitter account:
“American peace activists join Egyptians on the ground in Cairo, avail for phone calls & interviews”
So while the liberal anti-war group went to extreme measures to protest while President Bush was in office, they have been MIA for two of the Obama administration. Sure, the President has increased troops in Afghanistan and perpetuated many of the Bush policy, there hasn’t been a Pink flag anywhere.
Until now.
Surprised that they would exploit the highly publicized protests in Egypt?
This was their press release:
CODEPINK Activists Join Egyptians on the Ground in Cairo, Available for Phone Calls, Interviews
Eye-witness Accounts of Mubarak Unleashing His Thugs on Peaceful Egyptian ProtestersHuman rights activists from the organization CODEPINK joined Egyptian protesters this week in Cairo as perhaps the only international solidarity delegation on the ground in the country. They have been in the streets with the Egyptian people for the last five days. Several members of the group of nine activists are available by phone for interviews this week. Tomorrow the delegation plans to do a solidarity action at the US Embassy. Medea Benjamin, a leader of the delegation and co-founder of CODEPINK Women for Peace, is currently available by cell phone in Cairo at 011 20-107148431.
The activists report that Egyptians have been excited to see their message of solidarity from the American people. Many Egyptian protesters are carrying signs that say “My address is Tahrir square until Mubarak leaves” and they are holding firm. The activists also report that many Egyptian youth seem ecstatic that President Obama has acknowledged their voice in Egypt’s political affairs but they want him to put more pressure on Mubarak to step down. Women are in the streets and have played a major role in the grassroots movement for democracy in Egypt. Today, as violence towards peaceful demonstrators escalates, the activists said rumors have circulated that the pro-Mubarak agitators are paid supporters of the dictator.
The international CODEPINK delegation had been en route to Gaza via Egypt but with the Rafah border closed they are unable to enter Gaza, and remain in Cairo. The activists will stay in Cairo until they can safely make their way to Gaza, where they intend to continue their delegation for peace. The delegation includes people from the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Switzerland and India. This is CODEPINK’s ninth trip to Egypt and Gaza in the past two years.
CODEPINK is calling on the President, State Department, and Congress to stop funding the Mubarak regime, which currently receives over $1.8 billion dollars in military assistance annually from the US.
Human Rights Activists? Where have they been for the last month or so when the conflict began? Were they in Alexandria when Christians were slaughtered in the “worst violence against the country’s Christian minority” in the last twenty years? (Read here)
There is a ton of reasons to protest the Egyptian leadership and this bunch of hypocrites waited until the riots were a headline on CNN and FOX to dust off their pink flags.
Photo ops and interviews?
How did compassion get replaced by promotion? Where have you been Code Pink?
sigh.
Maybe it took a few weeks to transform all of the Bush and Cheney effigies into Mubarak because evidently they couldn’t create a Barack Obama likeness.
Support who you like, just don’t pretend you care about Human Rights, when you care more about politics and publicity.
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They have the right to do what they want, but a little consistency would improve their credibility
They are a political group clearly or they would be more actively protesting President Obama and the War in Afghanistan. Sad to see them trying to exploit this situation to get on TV