Powerline is hot on the trail of an interesting story. An outfit called MidwestHeroes.Com has produced two pro-Iraq War ads for TV. You can view them at the previous link, and I recommend that you do so. The first ad presents the voices of soldiers who fought in Iraq and believe they were doing the right thing. The second presents the testimony of those who lost loved ones to this war. Both ads make the case that the people we are now fighting in Iraq are the same terrorists responsible for the 9/11 atrocity and other terrorist attacks around the world.
The argument is certainly open to challenge. A reasonable and well-informed person might argue that Saddam had minimal dealings with Al Qaeda, and that it was the American invasion that brought Al Qaeda to Iraq. But it is also reasonable to reply that Al Qaeda is now in Iraq, and its better to fight them there than in New York.
What makes the story is that Democrats in Minnesota are trying to shut the commercials down. From Powerline, linked above:
The Democratic Party has undertaken a campaign to suppress two television advertisements giving voice to the sentiments of Iraq war veterans and Gold Star Families who support the war.
Brian Melendez is the chairman of the Minnesota Democratic Party. This past Thursday Melendez called a press conference and condemned the first of the two advertisements -- the one featuring the veterans -- as "un-American, untruthful and a lie."
Its one thing to take issue with the ads. Its altogether another thing to question the patriotism of those who who are proud of fighting the war, and those who are equally proud of their son's sacrifice. See the credo of Sgt. Michael C. Carlson, 22, who died when his " his Bradley fighting vehicle overturned in Mohammed Sacran".
Surely such men as Sgt. Carlson, and his mother, are entitled to have their say. Surely it is despicable to call them "un-American" for doing so. Surely it is disgraceful for Minnesota's Democratic party and some of its media to try to silence them.
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