IraqSlogger has a piece about Ari Fleisher’s “Freedom Watch”, that fake pressure group dreamed up to twist wavering Congress critters’ arms into agreeing to continue to unquestioningly fund Mr Bu$h’s ego-war.

There are four videos featuring Americans who have lost something meaningful in Mr Bu$h’s war, and yet were persuaded to make videos supporting this enterprise that is viewed in a positive light by less than 30% of all Americans.

Conservative groups are fuming because MSNBC and CNBC are refusing to run these ads supporting the war in Iraq -- ads that are airing on CNN and Fox News.

CNBC and MSNBC have refused to explain why they will not run the ads.

Here are four of those controversial ads:

(Because IraqSlogger goes “dark” in two days behind a prohibitively high paywall we can also view the videos on YouTube, at least for now.)

Iraq war veteran Andrew Robinson was on his second tour of duty when he was wounded by an IED in June of 2006. Andrew lost the use of his legs.

Laura Youngblood lost 2 family members to al Qaeda terrorists, first her uncle Henry a New York City fireman who lost his life on 9/11, and than her husband Travis died in Iraq.

Iraq war veteran John Kriesel lost both legs in a blast near Fallujah on December 2nd, 2006. It was near the end of his second tour.

Vicki Strong lost her son Marine Sgt. Jesse Strong in Iraq.

I cannot criticize these American citizens. They have suffered, and paid a horrendous price for a war that I despise and hate with every atom of my being. I consider them to be honestly deluded in their statements. To conflate wounds suffered in Iraq with “al-Qaeda” may or may not be accurate, because American soldiers died and were wounded in Iraq long before local Iraqis picked up their “al Qaeda” franchise. Similarly, to ascribe the death of a relative on 9/11 to the same organization may also be incorrect. We just don’t know for sure, although we do know for a fact that 15 or the 19 hijackers were Saudi citizens. We do know that some people rendering assistance in logistical and training matters were alleged to have been a-Q. So why not identify the Saudi government as an official supporter of a-Q? The hijackers got their financing from the United Arab Emirates, so why not designate that group of countries as terrorism supporters? It makes as much sense.

These American citizens have been played by a cold, calculating administration for its own cynical political purposes.

Kudos to MSNBC and CNBC for refusing to participate in a fraud.