Well at least they're getting smarter

Cause how are we supposed to argue with a veteran who lost his fucking legs?




Well, I'll do it: John Kriesel, you are a liar. I am sorry you lost your legs but it's already for nothing. That has nothing to do with us pulling out now. For the last motherfucking time -- Iraq was not responsible for September 11th. The fact that you would get on camera and say so is a sad, sad reflection on you and what you are letting your service become. Also how could you say "It's no time for politics" when this is a political ad? How could you say that, and possibly even believe it, and then let this ad, your voice, your image, your loss be used for political reasons? And to do it for an organization with Ari Freakin' Fleischer behind it -- who has spent more time lying about the Iraq war and the reasons why we went into it? He is a liar, and so are you, John Kriesel, and you are doing your country a grave disservice.

Check out Ari's appearance on Hardball where he lays out the political nature of this ad and can't even remember John's name. Also please pay special attention to when guest host Mike Barnicle asks him how many Iraqis were on the plane he showed flying into the World Trade Center (around 2:30), and let me know if you think his answer matches what the ad just said:



When Ari keeps telling Mike that when he's talking about the reasons for going into Iraq it's a 2002 debate, and he should shut up about it? Then why did I just watch a plane flying into a building? And when Mike doesn't tell him to go fuck himself but instead has the temerity to politely point out that showing footage from September 11th in an ad about staying in Iraq might encourage some viewers to conflate the two? Ari just yells about it being an old debate again. Which I find rather disingenuous, since (as Ari knows perfectly well) 41% of Americans believe that Saddam had something to do with September 11th. This is an old debate? In 2004 only 36% of people believed that. Looks like you're gaining some ground in this old, stale debate you're not having.