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Vets for Freedom Responds to MoveOn.org New York Times Ad
vetsforfreedom.org ^ | Monday, September 9, 2007 | Pete Hegseth

Posted on 09/10/2007 9:10:09 AM PDT by DelaWhere

Washington, D.C. (September 9th 2007) - Pete Hegseth, executive director of Vets for Freedom and Iraq War veteran, issued the following statement.

"Tomorrow - as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress - the anti-war group, MoveOn.org, is running a full - page advertisement in the New York Times with the headline: General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House.

"Let's be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has 'betrayed' his country. This is disgusting. To attack as a traitor an American general commanding forces in war, because his ‘on the ground' experience does not align with MoveOn.org's political objectives, is utterly shameful. It shows contempt for America's military leadership, as well as for the troops who have confidence in him, as our fellow soldiers in Iraq certainly do.

(Excerpt) Read more at vetsforfreedom.org ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 110th; democrats; iraq; moveon; nyt; petraeus; petraeusreport; progress; vetsforfreedom; wot
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1 posted on 09/10/2007 9:10:10 AM PDT by DelaWhere
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To: SandRat; freema; NormsRevenge

ping


2 posted on 09/10/2007 9:11:24 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: DelaWhere
This from the group that sent the insurgents $400K.

The left's hypocrisy knows no bounds.
3 posted on 09/10/2007 9:11:59 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: DelaWhere

Hey DEM party, Move On owns you. You are their bitch. Begin assimilating to their marxists ways or you will be purged.


4 posted on 09/10/2007 9:12:38 AM PDT by subterfuge (It's GREAT, to be, a Florida Gator!)
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To: DelaWhere
"'No one wants to call [Petraeus] a liar on national TV,' noted one Democratic senator, who spoke on the condition on anonymity. ‘The expectation is that the outside groups will do this for us.'
5 posted on 09/10/2007 9:14:42 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: DelaWhere

Hey, MoveOn, I guess the best defense is a good offense.

Before anyone can hold you accountable for what you are, a treasonous bunch if ever there was one, try to smear someone else with the label. Then maybe you can deflect the criticism from yourselves.


6 posted on 09/10/2007 9:19:43 AM PDT by generally (Ask me about FReepers Folding@Home)
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To: DelaWhere

BTTT


7 posted on 09/10/2007 9:23:44 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*RWVA)
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To: DelaWhere
Nothing will change with groups like this until we return to the meaning and consequences of treason. Free speech is one thing but for politicians to engage in acts that harm our way of life using enemy propaganda is disgusting and in my opinion treasonous, especially in the time of war.
8 posted on 09/10/2007 9:35:04 AM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: DelaWhere
Let's hope moveon.org's add backfires on it's self and they implode from within!







9 posted on 09/10/2007 9:35:29 AM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: DelaWhere
Emphasis:

"Tomorrow - as General David Petraeus provides his Iraq assessment to Congress - the anti-war group, MoveOn.org, is running a full - page advertisement in the New York Times with the headline: General Petraeus or General Betray us? Cooking the books for the White House.

"Let's be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has 'betrayed' his country. This is disgusting. To attack as a traitor an American general commanding forces in war, because his ‘on the ground' experience does not align with MoveOn.org's political objectives, is utterly shameful. It shows contempt for America's military leadership, as well as for the troops who have confidence in him, as our fellow soldiers in Iraq certainly do.

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Related:

Duncan Hunter: I think that my great friend, Ike Skelton from Missouri, conservative democrat with sons that are in the uniform, has done a good job with respect to the ham and eggs of making sure we continue the equipment procurements and the readiness procurements. Of course he has largely followed the administrations budget. And also we are increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corp. The administration has finally acquiesce our recommendation and they are recommending that this year.

Of course on the side where the democrats put their political hat on, and that is with respect to policy in Iraq. Obviously the person calling the shots there is Nancy Pelosi. And I think she is calling the wrong shots. I thought the statement by the democrat whip, Jim Clyburn, who said, “good news from General Petraeus in September would be bad news for the democrat party”. The idea that good news off the battlefield is bad for a political party in the United States, I thought that was a tragedy that that statement was made and a sorry reflection on the fact that the democrats look at Iraq not through the prism of national interests; but through the prism of politics. That is bad for our country.

I like that great old Senator Henry ‘Scoop’ Jackson who was one of the great democrat strong defense leaders of our time. He said, ‘in time of war national policy should emanate from our shore with one voice’. He liked to arm wrestle over spending on transportation and other things; but he supported the President in matters of national security. And the idea that the democrats are pulling away from us even before General Petraeus has made his statement, prepping the ground for the statement, that is a tragedy for our country.

10 posted on 09/10/2007 9:37:54 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: DelaWhere

That is pretty cowardly of MoveOn.org, even most Dems say he is a national heroe.


11 posted on 09/10/2007 9:50:28 AM PDT by LM_Guy
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To: kellynla

Ditto and Amen, thank God for people like this that stand up to these evil horrible treasonous people.....the Democrats.


12 posted on 09/10/2007 9:52:16 AM PDT by Brandie (Duncan Hunter in 08')
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To: subterfuge

You are so right they are.


13 posted on 09/10/2007 9:52:52 AM PDT by Brandie (Duncan Hunter in 08')
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To: Brandie
I see that MoveOn has added clairvoyance to their list of imaginary attributes.
14 posted on 09/10/2007 10:08:51 AM PDT by Stashiu (RVN, 1969-70)
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To: Stashiu

MoveOn provides us the rare opportunity to see what whale dung looks like.


15 posted on 09/10/2007 10:12:23 AM PDT by mathurine
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To: OCCASparky
"This from the group that sent the insurgents $400K." ???

Really... understand Moveon.org is funded by George Soros who is, in my opinion, the ultimate USA backstabber along with all the Hollywood fruitcakes.

16 posted on 09/10/2007 10:28:52 AM PDT by xtinct (I was the next door neighbor kid's imaginary friend.)
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To: tobyhill

“Nothing will change with groups like this until we return to the meaning and consequences of treason. Free speech is one thing but for politicians to engage in acts that harm our way of life using enemy propaganda is disgusting and in my opinion treasonous, especially in the time of war.”


I absolutely agree. It is so ironic that fellow traveler and liberal icon...FDR, would’ve never permitted such dangerous dissent in a time of war. Even more outrageuous and hypocritical is the liberal cry of civil rights violations as they get away with this very activity. I really hate to vent like this, but I wrote this some time ago and think it is very applicable to what we are witnessing today from the Democrats:

“Since 9/11 I’ve been amused at the sad irony and hypocrisy of the Left as they searched for the reasons to why the rest of the world hates America (especially our Islamic brothers). Excuses immediately began pouring out of the woodwork; it’s our foreign policy, it’s our support for Israel, it’s our consumption and wealth...blah, blah, blah. Conspicuously missing from all these “excuses” was the Left’s own contribution to this hatred, which is perhaps the most damaging and dangerous to this country.

A great illustration of this hypocrisy ocurred while I was listening to Charlie Rangel’s (D-NY) news conference several months ago were he objected to the vial rhetoric of Hugo Chavez as he berated our President before the UN. I couldn’t help but be amused by this hypocrisy; for years the Democrats have attacked Bush—just as they do every Republican president, maligning and marginalizing them for the rest of the world to see and hear.

This hypocrisy became even more evident as I watched Hugo Chavez (from the podium at the U.N.) endorse a book written by one of the leading, liberal American authors/professors (Noam Chomsky) whose only work has been that of attacking his own country for years on-end. This MIT professor’s anti-American diatribes have made him a favorite among the American-hating Left in this country...and now as we see, with other world leaders who take these screeds as facts to justify and excuse their own anti-American hatred.

From liberal professors in academia, to Democrat politicians to Hollywood actors and their movies and the media—American liberals have ingrained a hatred in the mind of others for this country that goes well beyond Bush, the Iraq War and this administration. These people have been building this resentment for decades—in our classrooms, TV/movies, the news media and certainly in our politics. During the Cold War, Reagan was the enemy as many of these same liberals worked hand and hand with the Soviets as they infiltrated special interest groups to sow discontent and dissent among various groups of people in this country. Whether it’s rich vs. poor, young vs.old, men vs. women, black vs. white, Gay vs. Straight, etc.—the Left, just like their communist counterparts, has created perpetual conflict under the guise of social justice and reform.

How the Left can even pretend to care about what the “World” thinks about this country is a sick joke. In the last couple years alone, both the media and leaders within our own Democrat Party have spoon-fed our enemies the very excuses and reasons to hate us. From Dick Durbin accusing US troops at Gitmo of committing heinous atrocities to John Kerry claiming US soldiers were terrorizing and raping innocent Iraqis, these elected Democrats have inspired this hatred. When you have the leading Democrat in the Senate (Harry Reid) before a classroom of children referring to president Bush as a “loser,” just what kind of message do they think this is sending to others around the world? Do they honestly expect a dictator like Chavez to treat or respect our president any better than they do?

From 50+ front page news stories by the NY Times on the “torture” at Abu Ghraib (and Ted Kennedy agreeing, claiming it is open under new management), to Newsweek’s lying article about US soldiers flushing korans down a toilet, the liberal media in alliance with their Democrat allies have willingly become the instigators of this very hatred. This same media that chastises the US government for daring to display photos of Saddam and his two dead sons...and ANY captured prisoners (sighting Geneva Accords) had no problem demanding that even more photos of Abu Ghraib be released, almost a year after the event, just so they could further inflame Muslim emotions “against” the USA.

Whether it’s the vitriolic rhetoric of Democratic politicians accusing Bush of being a liar or the deliberate misrepresentations made by liberal film makers such as Michael Moore, the bombardment of hatred towards this country, by people in this country, is inescapable. Heck, Hollywood is one of the biggest exporters of hatred to other countries in the form of movies and entertainment that do nothing more than malign America. Even before these current events, people from around the world could pick up any Hollywood movie and see (from the Left’s perspective) how the USA is nothing but a racist and degenerate society. Here we are in the middle of a most important war, and Hollywood is releasing movies like “Rendition” and “Redact,” which will do nothing but incite more hatred.

Is it really any wonder why the rest of the world may hate America when you see how the media, Democrat politicians, liberal Hollywood and the entertainment industry (including music) has defined this country? And what makes the Left’s hatred and vitriol so dangerous are their so-called “celebrities” that are given platforms from which to speak. Unlike some crazies on the Right who have always been marginalized—especially by the media, these liberals are not only given platforms, they are treated with deference and congeniality, as though they hold PH.Ds in world events.

Whether it’s the conspiracy theories emminating from the minds and mouths of people like Rosie O’Donnell or Sean Penn, the Left’s fringe has become part of their mainstream. As a result, their words are carried from the TV and “net” to all places around the globe—including in the foreign press, that picks these screeds up as fact and actual news events. Unlike those from the Right who are often shunned—and often from their own members, the Left embraces their madness and treats it as Gospel...hailing the messenger.

That liberals have the nerve to even pose the question of why we are hated, without addressing their own contribution to this discourse is disgusting; worse...it is becoming increasingly deadly. Decades of this hatred has not only indoctrinated many minds in this country, it has obviously seeped out of this country and into the minds and hearts of our friends and foes alike, who are now using these words and thoughts to drive their own hatred for America. We have Al-Jazeera and other Arab media using our own Democrat politician’s words in their newspapers to further inspire and excuse their hatred and aggression towards us. In their quest to retrieve their long-lost power, Democrats and their allies have taken politics from the once sacred “waters-edge,” to the rest of world—were even this country’s enemies are given a voice; a voice that often sounds eerily similar to theirs. By doing this, these Liberals haven’t just emboldened our enemies, they’ve enabled them; they’ve given Muslims around the world the very excuses and reasons to hate us, and thus, further attack us.

While we haven’t seen much of this yet, I fear it is only a matter of time before this new liberalism inspires a new breed of domestic terrorism. From people like John Walker Lind to the Korean student at VT (Cho), liberalism is indoctrinating American students with a vapid hatred for this country. Liberal professors who engage in wild conspiracy theories and anti-American rhetoric are attempting to create a new generation of young adults who are being bred to despise their own country. This has been going on for decades as liberal-socialists use revisionist history in their attempts to destroy any loyalty to this country.  

This has always been the true nature of Marxism/Communism—and now modern-day liberalism. This is an ideology that does nothing more than prey on the youth and disenfranchised through fear and discontent, creating imaginery victims to fight in perpetual conflicts. As a result of this ideology, Liberals are now endangering every one of us and our families. Whether it’s our enemies abroad...or our own people within, liberals have professed and ingrained a hatred through their politics into the minds and souls of people around the world for America and Her way of life. For this, they are truly the enemy within.


17 posted on 09/10/2007 11:29:55 AM PDT by cwb (Liberalism is the opiate of the *sses.)
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To: AuntB

This is similar to the excerpt that was block due to copyright. See my post 10 also


18 posted on 09/10/2007 12:39:01 PM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; Ajnin; ...

Ping


19 posted on 09/10/2007 5:55:26 PM PDT by freema (United States Marine Corps Ping)
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To: DelaWhere

Are there names associated with this group of treasonous jerks?


20 posted on 09/10/2007 6:51:33 PM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.)
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