NEW YORK - The nation's first and largest Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans organization, IAVA (iava.org), released the following statement today from Executive Director Paul Rieckhoff in response to Senator John Kerry's remarks Monday.
"Senator Kerry should issue an immediate apology for his misguided and inappropriate remarks," said Paul Rieckhoff, an Iraq War veteran, and the founder and executive director of IAVA. "His comments, and his refusal to offer an apology, have angered many troops and veterans, and have become an unfortunate distraction from the real issues that face this nation."
"Let's not forget that while our politicians are busy fighting each other, our troops are busy fighting the enemy. Right now there is a US Soldier missing somewhere in Iraq, but our leadership in Washington and the American media is consumed by this latest example of politics at its worst," Rieckhoff said. "It's time to get back to the issues that matter."
Doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement for the way either side has handled this.
I love those folks at IAVA. They are my new favorite group.
In fact, right below that press release was this press release about IAVA's opposition to torture:
So someone remind me again who's supporting our troops?
"Things will just get better and better even though it
doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
After President Bush voiced his own harsh criticism of Lott's remarks ("Any suggestion that the segregated past was acceptable or positive is offensive, and it is wrong. Recent comments by Senator Lott do not reflect the spirit of our country. He has apologized and rightly so. Every day that our nation was segregated was a day our nation was unfaithful to our founding ideals"),
i finally found something that i agree with the president on!
thanks solat13, i thought i would never find something to agree on with this guy
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In fact, right below that press release was this press release about IAVA's opposition to torture:
http://www.iava.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1989&Itemid=67
and then this one complaining about how Bush only cares about the troops when it's time for a photo op:
http://www.iava.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1936&Itemid=67
and then this one complaining about budget cuts in funding for treatment of troops who return with brain injuries:
http://www.iava.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1886&Itemid=67
So someone remind me again who's supporting our troops?
doesn't feel that way right now. That's the hopeful
idea . . . Hope didn't get much applause . . .
Hope! Hope is the underdog!"
-- EV, Live at the Showbox
i finally found something that i agree with the president on!
thanks solat13, i thought i would never find something to agree on with this guy