Ads featuring wounded mark Iraq debate

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - Army Spc. Tomas Young, shot and partially paralyzed on his fifth day in Iraq, is in the vanguard of a new deployment.

On Wednesday, Young, a 27-year-old Missourian, wheeled himself in and out of elevators and navigated the corridors of congressional office buildings in an effort to build opposition to President Bush's troop increase in Iraq.

War critics are running a million-dollar campaign with ads, rallies and personal appeals to members of Congress by wounded war veterans.

"Iraqis want us out of there. A majority of Americans want us out of there," Young said. "Sending more troops is just putting an Ace bandage over a gaping wound

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070214/ap_on_go_ot/iraq_weighing_in

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. I have met Tomas Young

He lives here in KC. He is quite an impressive young man. He has a brother in Iraq. I pray he comes home safely soon.