Over the past few months, the most consistent question we've gotten at VoteVets is, "When's your next ad coming out?" Well, you wanted it...you got it!

Today, we're launching a massive, half-million dollar ad blitz, featuring -- for the first time on the paid airwaves -- George Bush's former commanders on the ground in Iraq. In the ads, they challenge the notion that the President listens to commanders, and another featuring retired General Wes Clark and an Afghanistan veteran, makes clear that the war in Iraq has not made America more secure.

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The first in the series of three ads features VoteVets.org Advisory Board Member, Major General (ret.) John Batiste, who was commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division from August 2002-June 2005. During this time frame, he conducted combat operations in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Batiste twice voted for President Bush and is a lifelong Republican. If you like this ad, then you're going to love what we have coming up in about a week, from Major General Paul Eaton. And, then the ad featuring General Clark after that. That's fitting, because it is General Clark who paved the way for other retired brass to speak out.

Here's the deal, though. We're pouring a half-million dollars towards airing these ads in states and districts where Senators and Representatives are very close to abandoning the President on Iraq. We're going to pull out all the stops to ensure they start to support the troops. If you like what you see, then please donate so we can raise enough to air these ads on networks, nationally. We're going to need to raise another $100,000 to get all of our ads on the air nationally, and really hold lawmakers' feet to the fire on the war.

Donate to VoteVets.org to air these ads nationally!

For too long, the President has maintained that he's just listening to commanders on the ground, which is utterly false. These ads set the record straight, directly from the mouths of those men. The President isn't listening, he hasn't listened, and he hasn't shown an interest in listening to commanders on the ground in Iraq. If the President won't listen to commanders, then Congress must. They must force about a surge in diplomacy, and not allow a war without end.

If you're with us, then help us raise the necessary funds to get these ads up on the air.

Donate to VoteVets.org to air these ads nationally!

Thank you to General Clark and the WesPAC community for supporting the Voice of America's 21st Century Patriots!

Sincerely,

Jon Soltz

Iraq War Veteran

Chairman and Co-Founder, VoteVets.org