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COMMENTARY: What's that old saying about a leapord not being able to change its spots? MoveOn.org, that paragon of virtue and moral responsibiity, is now trying to say that British soldiers are Americans, and doctoring photographs to try and make them look the part. I suspect that not a one of them has even seen a real American soldier, much less be able to tell the difference! Heh!


MoveOn.org Restores Ad
That Misidentifies 'US' Troops (http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200512/POL20051201b.html)


By Randy Hall
CNSNews.com Staff Writer/Editor
December 01, 2005

(CNSNews.com) - MoveOn.org has re-published a video ad on its website pertaining to soldiers in Iraq, but following a Cybercast News Service report on Wednesday, the site no longer has a doctored photograph accompanying the ad.

The 30-second ad, which also began running on CNN and cable television stations over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, still contains video that the narrator implies is of Americans, but is, according to at least two military sources, a misrepresentation.

Pentagon spokesman Todd Vician confirmed for Cybercast News Service Wednesday that the video used in the MoveOn.org ad was not of American soldiers.

After viewing the ad, Vician said none of the men featured in it was wearing U.S. uniforms. "We don't have that style of desert camouflage," he said.

The second military source, an Army captain, told OpinionJournal.com that "the idiots from MoveOn.org ... pretend to argue on my behalf; they show a group of soldiers standing around a table in the Middle East." However, the captain reportedly wrote to OpinionJournal.com that the individuals in the photo were "actually British soldiers."

Late Wednesday afternoon, the video ad, which a press release from MoveOn.org Political Action indicated "echoes Democrats' calls for an exit plan from Iraq" and attacks Republicans for "failing to offer a plan to end the U.S. occupation" of that country," vanished from the group's website.

When the spot reappeared hours later, it no longer contained an accompanying scroll of still shots from the advertisement. One of the still shots had a soldier pictured in long pants, even though the same soldier in the exact same circumstance was shown in the video wearing shorts. Various websites on Wednesday were pointing to MoveOn.org's apparent altering of the photo for the MoveOn.org website.

MoveOn.org did not return telephone calls from Cybercast News Service seeking comment for this article.

*clapclapclap*

Classic stuff.

Nothing worse than the right wing interest groups lying and putting false ads on the air in the 2004 election.


It happens on both sides. Get used to it.

COMMENTARY: What's that old saying about a leapord not being able to change its spots? MoveOn.org, that paragon of virtue and moral responsibiity, is now trying to say that British soldiers are Americans, and doctoring photographs to try and make them look the part. Heh!




but whats the problem? there *are* us troops in iraq, they just got the picture wrong.

They couldn't find a picture of U.S. troops looking pathetic enough I guess.. their picture, if I can remember from t.v., was of some guy with a cafeteria tray looking kinda bored.. saying that Bush is keeping the troops home from their families.. like that's a valid argument against a war, missing out on holidays.. :rolleyes:

They couldn't find a picture of U.S. troops looking pathetic enough I guess.. their picture, if I can remember from t.v., was of some guy with a cafeteria tray looking kinda bored.. saying that Bush is keeping the troops home from their families.. like that's a valid argument against a war, missing out on holidays.. :rolleyes:

Or the reason that there was no real cause to go to war. Bush lied to us to go to war. He is fucking this is up even as we speak. WE aren't training enough troops even though other countries like France and Egypt want to help. The insugency is getting worse. 200 troops have died in the last 3 months. There is no end in sight. The iraqis still hate us. They want us out. We can't tell who is the enemy and who isn't. Or there are more pressing matters on hand, like NORTH KOREA. We should be adressing those first. Not Iraq. Most Iraqis don't have running water or heat.


That's why.

Or the reason that there was no real cause to go to war. Bush lied to us to go to war. He is fucking this is up even as we speak. WE aren't training enough troops even though other countries like France and Egypt want to help. The insugency is getting worse. 200 troops have died in the last 3 months. There is no end in sight. The iraqis still hate us. They want us out. We can't tell who is the enemy and who isn't. Or there are more pressing matters on hand, like NORTH KOREA. We should be adressing those first. Not Iraq. Most Iraqis don't have running water or heat.


That's why.

Again, troops missing out on Thanksgiving is not an argument against war. At least not a valuable one.

I thought MoveOn.org was deader than Vanilia Ice's carrer... Guess not.

DIE MOVEON.ORG!:mp5: :sniper:

That post is dead because of those smileys. They turn on whatever post they live in.

I'm embarassed to share many of their views. I hate when they pull shit like this. Just as Bill O'Reilly or Ann Coulter or Focus on the Family should embarass conservatives.

Heh. I like it.