MoveOn.org Restores Ad That Misidentifies 'US' Troops
CNS News
12/01/2005

(CNSNews.com) - After Cybercast News Service reported Wednesday that MoveOn.org had removed from its website a television advertisement stating that "150,000 American men and women are stuck in Iraq," the liberal group restored the spot to its site -- but without an accompanying picture that had been altered to cover the fact that one of the soldiers in the ad was wearing shorts, which are not part of the American combat uniform.

As Cybercast News Service previously reported, the 30-second spot begins by stating: "Some folks won't be home this holiday season." The ad then pans across a group of soldiers getting military rations as the voiceover states that "150,000 American men and women are stuck in Iraq."

However, Todd Vician, a spokesman with the U.S. Defense Department, told Cybercast News Service after viewing the ad that none of the men featured in the photograph are wearing U.S. uniforms. "We don't have that style of desert camouflage," he said.

Late Wednesday afternoon, the ad, which a press release from MoveOn.org Political Action indicated "echoes Democrats' calls for an exit plan from Iraq" and attacks Republicans for "failing to offer a plan to end the U.S. occupation" of that country," vanished from the group's website.

When the spot reappeared hours later, the site no longer contained a scroll of still shots from the advertisement, including the picture of the soldiers. One of the men in the photograph was wearing long pants in the illustration, but in the actual ad was shown wearing shorts, a difference that was not lost on the owners of at least one internet site.

MoveOn.org did not return telephone calls from Cybercast News Service seeking comment for this article.

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I don't understand how this is important, or how this even reflects badly upon moveon.org. Who cares if the soldiers they were using for the ad were actors? Does that change the fact that 150,000 troops actually won't be home this christmas?

There's this infatuation with thinking the "liberal media" is retouching photos that I haven't seen since back when people were analyzing the zapruder film. It's pretty funny.

that said, I don't get it either. Shorts, camouflage, and the relevance is, what, exactly?

that said, I don't get it either. Shorts, camouflage, and the relevance is, what, exactly?

That moveon.org is part of the far-left loony liberal fifth column whose goal is to demoralize our fighting men and women, destroy America's credibility, and help the terrorists win the war.  Same with Dan Rather.  All liberals are crypto-terrorists who hate their country.

I don't understand how this is important, or how this even reflects badly upon moveon.org. Who cares if the soldiers they were using for the ad were actors? Does that change the fact that 150,000 troops actually won't be home this christmas?


Not being home for Christmas?

That is simply part of "Military Life".  So what?

In my 10 years in the service, I only got to spend Christmas with my family 4 times.  And each of those times, I just happened to be stationed near home.  My other 6 years, I was all over the place.  It was something I knew might happen when I enlisted.

But then again, how many jobs give you 30 days of paid vacation a year?  Free medical and dental, free housing, free food, clothing allowance, etc etc etc.

But I am once again outraged that somebody would try to use the Military to make a political statement.  I find it even worse that they do not even use real military, but people pretending to be military.

And once agian, I am not surprised that only a few of us in here seem to care.  Once again, it falls under the "only outraged if it affects you" department.  If the group just happens to be making a point you agree with, then you find nothing wrong with what is essentially a lie.

If "staged" photos are wrong, bad, propoganda etc for left/liberal groups, how come staged photo ops (mission accomplished on an aircraft carrier circling off San Diego) or speeches to screened "friendly" crowds etc are also not wrong, bad, propoganda?  And, as to the actual photos in moveon's piece, according to my authority on military procedure, while off duty, troops need not be in uniform, but can wear just about whatever they want.