Veterans group launches ads to counter anti-war organizers

Vets For Freedom with Video, a leading veterans group that supports continued military involvement in Iraq, rolled out ads in four states this week in an effort to rebut an ongoing barrage of anti-war protests during the monthlong August recess.

The group, which includes more than 7,000 veterans of the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, has also launched a grass-roots campaign in 25 states to organize its members as a counterbalance to groups such as MoveOn.org and Americans Against Escalation in Iraq that have been pressuring lawmakers for years to rescind their support for the war. More