A group of former U.S. intelligence and Special Forces operatives is set to launch a media campaign, including TV ads, that scolds President Barack Obama for taking credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden and argues that high-level leaks are endangering American lives.
Leaders of the group, the Special Operations OPSEC Education Fund Inc, say it is nonpartisan and unconnected to any political party or presidential campaign. It is registered as a so-called social welfare group, which means its primary purpose is to further the common good and its political activities should be secondary.
In the past, military exploits have been turned against presidential candidates by outside groups, most famously the Swift Boat ads in 2004 that questioned Democratic nominee John Kerry's Vietnam War service.
The OPSEC group says it is not political and aims to save American lives. Its first public salvo is a 22-minute film that includes criticism of Obama and his administration. The film, to be released on Wednesday, was seen in advance by Reuters.
"Mr. President, you did not kill Osama bin Laden, America did. The work that the American military has done killed Osama bin Laden. You did not," Ben Smith, identified as a Navy SEAL, says in the film.
"As a citizen, it is my civic duty to tell the president to stop leaking information to the enemy," Smith continues. "It will get Americans killed."
An Obama campaign official said: "No one in this group is in a position to speak with any authority on these issues and on what impact these leaks might have, and it's clear they've resorted to making things up for purely political reasons."Yahoo News
Special ops group attacks Obama over bin Laden bragging, leaks
By Mark Hosenball | Reuters
This is hilarious given President Bush's scripted landing on an aircraft carrier to the declare the victory in Iraq that wasn't. Not to mention the Cheney orchestrated outing of CIA undercover operative Valerie Plame, which was treasonous, to destroy her career in payback for her husband's embarrassing the administration.
A taste of the tasteless negative advertising yet to come, reminiscent of the "swiftboating" of John Kerry in 2004 and run and paid for by the same people.
It really makes me wonder how many people are basically making their living from political payouts. The money going in seems to be increasing exponentially and these "products" are being turned out like a factory assembly line.
ReplyDeleteThe mudslinging wouldn't have much impact if Democrats could brag about how they jailed the banksters, eliminated unemployment by implementing a JG, lowered the retirement age, raised the minimum wage to $12, ended the wars, replaced the regressive FICA tax with a FTT, and paid off the national debt with platinum coins.
ReplyDeletethe speed that the country is going down the toilet increases every day. here is a bright spot though http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/scarce/soledad-obrien-fact-checks-john-sununu
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