St. Cindy goes on the road
Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan are in South Korea now, protesting the expansion of a U.S. military base in the city of Pyeongtaek. While there, she and the Pink girls will be joining other left-wing marchers to protest the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, and of course, the Iraq war.
For a whole 40 minutes (that must have been really brutal), St. Cindy stood outside the front gates of Yongsan Garrison, demanding to see the commanding general. (She always demands to see the guy in charge.) Her right to speak to him?
“My father served at this base,” Sheehan said as she stood in front of Gate 5 at Yongsan Garrison. “I have the right as an American to come onto this base.”
Earth to Cindy! Just because your father once served there doesn’t give you the right to enter. In fact, even if YOU had served there, they don’t have to let you in whenever you want.
By the way, the expansion is completely in coordination with the South Korean government. Here’s the back story, from Stars and Stripes:
Before the protest, both women said they are concerned the U.S. military is expanding its foothold in Pyeongtaek when nuclear tensions are high on the peninsula. The U.S. military now is downsizing its troops here from 38,000 more than two years ago to a planned 25,000 in coming months. Currently, 29,500 U.S. troops are here.
But the military also is investing $11 billion in military technologies here, Benjamin said, which she called a sign of expansion. And both women said they felt plans to triple Camp Humphreys failed to take into consideration a group of farmers who’ve been on the land “for three generations,” Benjamin said.
The South Korean and U.S. governments have agreed to expand Humphreys to relocate USFK headquarters from Seoul to a less urban setting.
The South Korean government paid local landowners for a swath of 2,328 acres near the existing Camp Humphreys for the U.S. military expansion, though a small percentage in the Daechu-ri village has stood its ground. The effort is part of an overall plan to consolidate the U.S. military into two major hubs on the peninsula.
I’m guessing that someone other than
Cindy is paying the bills for the flight, the six days in South Korea, dining, etc. I’m also guessing they came at the behest of some group in South Korea. That’s pretty obvious when you look at the sign held by Medea Benjamin, of Code Pink, in this photo. Note the spelling of “base.”
If you haven’t gotten enough of Cindy, here’s some more photos of the event.
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