Pro-Republican ads stretch the truth on Iraq to influence elections

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/15781806.htm

Pro-Republican ads stretch the truth on Iraq to influence elections
By Steven Thomma

McClatchy Newspapers

(MCT)

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Television ads from the group, Progress for America, manage to grab the heart, but also stretch or twist the truth as they work to boost support for the Iraq war.

They feature David Beamer, whose son led a counterattack against the terrorists who hijacked United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001. Todd Beamer was the one who said, "Let's roll," as he and others courageously stormed the cockpit. The plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, well short of either the Capitol or White House, its presumed target.

"Todd was one of the passengers and crew who fought back on 9/11 and saved our capital from being destroyed," the elder Beamer says in one ad, looking squarely into the camera as a picture of his smiling son flashes beside him.

"Al-Qaida killed 3,000 Americans on 9/11 and will do anything to destroy us and our way of life. Todd and United 93 fought back. We continue this fight in Iraq today. This enemy must be destroyed in Iraq and wherever we find them."

That makes it sound as though the war in Iraq is retaliation against al-Qaida.

It's not. Iraq had nothing to do with al-Qaida's attack on us. In fact, a recent Senate Intelligence Committee report showed that not only did Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein not have anything to do with Sept. 11, he also wanted nothing to do with al-Qaida and shunned pleas for help from Osama bin Laden.

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1. beamer

What a disgrace, and Beamer never said "Lets Roll" it was on tape and it was something like
"we have to go now" or something like that.
The Republicans make a circus out of a tragedy......