A front group for the Bush White House is using the heart wrenching image of a wounded Iraqi veteran to promote the war, you'd think they would know his name? Apparently not!
Ari Fleisher, back from a long needed rest and now the front man for "Freedom Watch", appeared on MSNBC's Hardball. This group produced the ads and not knowing the name of the vet that starred in them really rubbed people the wrong way. Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America was not amused.
“What bothered me the most is that Ari Fleischer didn’t even know the guy’s name.” said Rieckhoff. “He’s willing to run a multi-million dollar campaign, utilizing the personal story of a soldier, and he couldn’t tell you on national TV what that soldier’s name is.”
The White House backed group is cranking up a month long $15 million dollar radio, TV and grass roots campaign to bolster flagging support for the war. This in coordination with the Patraeus report that will come out on 9/11 (big surprise!) is designed to motivate constituents to back the surge.
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