Thursday, September 20, 2007

Senate condemns MoveOn's 'General Betray Us' ad

The liberal activist group MoveOn.org. published last week in the New York Times an ad criticizing General David Petraeus (the top military commander in Iraq) as " General Betray us" for his lack of credibility for giving false information about the war in Irak .
As a response to the ad the President Bush said "The ad was "disgusting," "I felt like the ad was an attack, not only on General Petraeus but on the U.S. military."He also ctriticized Democrats for not immediately condemning it.

In response, Eli Pariser, executive director of MoveOn.org’s political action committee, said in a statement: "What’s disgusting is that the president has more interest in political attacks than developing an exit strategy to get our troops out of Iraq and end this awful war."
So far, a handful of Democrats have publicly denounced the ad, even though some MoveOn members have been discomfited by it and thought it went too far. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware is the only high-profile presidential candidate to have called it a mistake. Senator John Kerry, the party’s standard-bearer in 2004, also criticized the ad saying, "I
don’t like any kind of characterizations in our politics that call into question any active duty, distinguished general."

I thinks is important for us to read this article and open our eyes ;Congress and the U.S. citizens have been relying on the General messages about the war in Irak and if the information that he give us is not completely accurate then who we are going to trust ?
Maybe the accusations were a little bit over the top calling him a betrayer just for changing the truth. when the one to blame should be Bush.
disgusting? ..President Bush for keeping up with this nonsense endless war. We live in a democratic society and we have the freedom of speech that's why I support the MoveOn.org for making this kind of ads and making us see what's really happening in our government.


Article at U.S. TODAY <http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2007/09/senate-condemns.html>

MoveOn.org. < http://www.moveon.org/campaigns.html>

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