January 17, 2006

Fake Veterans Group to Show Fake Documentary

I just received an e-mail from the "IAVI: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America" which claims to be "the nation's first and largest organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan." The group's "Operation Truth" will be showing a film called "Why We Fight" in L.A. and New York later this week.

Both the e-mail and their various websites (including Troopnet) leave the reader with the misimpression that the group is about veteran's advocacy. It is not. It is a thinly veiled antiwar front.

The group's founder is an antiwar activist who occasionally blogs at the Left Wing Huffington Post. Does this sound like some one who speaks for veterans?

We applaud Congressman Murtha for having the courage to stand up in front of the nation and offer his honest assessment of the war in Iraq, including the shortcomings he sees in the execution of the war. Having served honorably as a Marine for decades, and with war experience in Vietnam, we know he did not take his statement lightly.

His decision today to ask the tough questions is a tribute to his patriotism.

If it’s true that someone lied to the American people to advance their narrow agenda of either restitution or payback and “cooked� the intelligence, they should be charged with treason.

And what, pray tell, is the "root cause" of modern American wars? The picture above is one attached to the press release. It is of President Eisenhower as he delivers his farewell address warning of the dangers of the "military-industrial complex".

And as all enlightened members of the 'reality-based' community know, the Iraq War was fought so that Halliburton could turn a bigger profit.

If you get an e-mail from the group, please ignore it. If you are a veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, please realize the IAVI is a Left-wing antiwar front.