John Kerry Engages w/ Code Pink @Senate Isis hearing.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/john-kerry-code-pink_n_5838120.html

WASHINGTON -- Peace activists from Code Pink have become a fixture at national security hearings on Capitol Hill since they began protesting the second Iraq War. But rather than dismiss their chants against war, former peace activist and current Secretary of State John Kerry decided Wednesday to engage with the protesters.

"You know, as I came in here, obviously, we had some folks who spoke out, and I would start by saying that I understand dissent. I've lived it," Kerry told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the threat posed by the Islamic State, also referred to as ISIS or ISIL.

From Kerry's perspective, Code Pink was losing sight of some of its founders' goals of helping people, not just protesting war.

"Code Pink was started by a woman and women who were opposed to war but who also thought that the government's job was to take care of people, and to give them health care and education and good jobs," Kerry said. "If that's what you believe in, and I believe it is, then you ought to care about fighting ISIL."

Kerry pointed to the Islamic State's record of committing rape, mutilation and other barbarities against women, and said the terrorist group possesses an ideology "that frankly comes out of the stone age, making a mockery of a peaceful religion."

"Frankly, Code Pink and a lot of other people need to stop and think about how you stop them and deal with that," Kerry said, as police led a protester out of hearing as she chanted: "Your invasion will not protect the homeland!"

"There's no invasion," Kerry said. "The invasion was ISIL into Iraq. The invasion is foreign fighters into Syria. That's the invasion."

Of course, I do not side, for once , with Kerry, for, if invasion is foreign figters, so it does means any US and/ or coalition is one. Both foreign Jihadist and foreign troops are invations. But I am glad Kerry took that time to engage with them, and showed his respect of grassroots activists.

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1. Kerry said, "the government's job was to take care of people, and to give them health care and

education and good jobs".... "If that's what you believe in, and I believe it is, then you ought to care about fighting ISIL."


I can't take him seriously. Where is OUR Health care, education, and good jobs? Once we have free higher education for every american, Medicare for All, and stop the costly trade agreements, THEN we can discuss funding his pointless war effort.

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2. I don't think you worded it correctly - Kerry ENGAGES w/Code Pink at hearing

would be more appropriate.

[mylye2222]

3. Yep, dear friend!

Self -edited!

[Dems to Win]

4. If ISIS's barbaric acts justify this war, why not a war on Boko Haram?

Or the barbarians terrorizing Somalia or Libya. Sure, ISIS is evil, but that in itself is not a sufficient reason for the US to go to war, as we can see by US inaction against other evil groups.

This war is the US saving the Saudi family's royal butts, and doing Saud bidding in overthrowing Assad.

I've come to believe that Saudi Arabia created and armed ISIS and ordered them to invade Iraq and taunt the US into a war to overthrow Assad. Makes me ill to see Kerry (I have soooo much respect for things Kerry did in the past, can't believe he's doing this now) and Obama fall for it.

My beloved country is walking into disaster. I weep.

I do agree with you that it was good to see Kerry respectfully stating his case to the dissenters, even if I don't buy his reasoning for an instant.