"Vets against nuke deal launch new ad featuring father of soldier killed by Iranian bomb"

2015-08-17T13:39:43-04:00

From: The Washington Times

A group of veterans opposed to the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran released a new ad Thursday featuring the father of a U.S. soldier killed by an Iranian bomb in the Iraq War.

The ad is the second in a series of ads from the nonprofit group Veterans Against the Deal.

In the ad, Patrick Farr recalls receiving the news that his son Clay was killed overseas by an Iranian bomb in 2006.

“A pickup pulled up in front of the house and it had a soldier in it, and I knew what he was about to tell me, and I asked him If he could just tell me that my son had been wounded,” Mr. Farr says tearfully in the ad. “But he said he couldn’t, he’d been killed that morning. Any my whole world changed.”

Mr. Farr argued that the nuclear deal is a bad idea because it will allow the Iranian government to “have their funding back” once Western economic sanctions are lifted.

He added that the additional funding could be used to support terrorist groups. Last week, a new watchdog report estimated that the Islamic Republic’s defense budget would increase by billions of dollars, with a roughly 50 percent increase projected for its Quds Force, which actively supports terrorist groups.

“The administration must not really care about what Iran has done on the terrorism front, killing American soldiers. They’ve just completely forgotten,” Mr. Farr says before urging viewers to call their senators and tell them to oppose the nuclear deal.

The ad will begin airing in the coming days on broadcast and cable TV in states and districts of senators and representatives undecided about the Iran deal, according to a statement released by the group Friday.

“Opposition to this dangerous deal doesn’t just come from soldiers with direct experience of Iranian terrorism — it also comes from bereaved families who live forever with the anguish and loss caused by Iranian terror, and who wish to prevent others from experiencing what they have to live with every day,” Michael Pregent, executive director of Veterans Against the Deal, said in the statement.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/aug/14/vets-against-nuke-deal-launch-new-ad-featuring-fat/

Vets against nuke deal launch new ad featuring father of soldier killed by Iranian bomb

A group of veterans opposed to the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran released a new ad Thursday featuring the father of a U.S. soldier killed by an Iranian bomb in the Iraq War.

Response by SCPO David Lockwood made Aug 17 at 2015 1:44 PM

2015-08-17T13:44:15-04:00

Keep these things going. Maybe someone in DC will listen.

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Aug 17 at 2015 1:44 PM

2015-08-17T13:44:44-04:00

Not to reduce the impact that the death of this service member had on his family and friends but how does anyone know that the bomb was any more made in Iran than it was in North Korea? I'm sure pieces of it came from Iran and all over but a lot of what they used in Iraq was thrown together with whatever they could find and made to go boom.

Do I agree with the deal? That's not to say on this thread but I am against people using half truths to get their point across. Then again, I guess all the news is really only half real to someone.

Response by TSgt Marco McDowell made Aug 17 at 2015 11:37 PM

2015-08-17T23:37:14-04:00

Chinese mortars wounded a great uncle during the Korean War, German artillery killed another in WWII, I caught some hot steel from a Russian made RPG...we trade and have relations with all of those countries. I feel for any family that has a wound vet or has lost someone, but the reality of war is that countries produce weapons and sell them to others. We do it too. It makes money and it's a great political tool. We haven't cut off the French, Germans for providing weapons to the Iraqis that were used against us. We did nothing to the Russians concerning the tons of armaments sold to the Iraqis, now this is a concern because the Iranians gave/sold weapons? I'm all for transparency as long as it doesn't compromise security, but these guys are using their Veteran status to push political agendas without giving a complete story.