Seniors' Group Embraces Iraq Liberation Week

Seniors' Group Embraces Iraq Liberation Week

Special Week, April 9-15, Lauds Servicemen and Women

ARLINGTON, Va., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- "The mainstream media and their left-leaning tilt on the war in Iraq tends to circumnavigate all the good news, the hard-won victories and clear signs of progress in our mission there...while simultaneously down-playing what the clear majority of Iraqis themselves see as better days ahead." So said 60 Plus Association President Jim Martin.

In a recent ABC News poll in Iraq taken in conjunction with Time magazine and other media partners, seven out of 10 Iraqi citizens said their own lives are going well, and nearly two-thirds expect things to improve in the year ahead. The poll suggested surprising levels of optimism with living conditions improved and expectations for the future high. But how often does the mainstream media report such findings?

Families of American troops are requesting that major media outlets like the Boston Globe, the New York Times, the Washington Post, ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC recount how April 9, 2003, was such a critically important day for the development of democracy in the Middle East. That was the day Saddam Hussein fled Baghdad and his statue was toppled, an anniversary that is certainly worth remembering.

Martin, himself a Marine veteran, said, "The mainstream media may have lost faith in what the United States is trying to do in places like Iraq but senior citizens I'm proud to represent haven't. They support our troops and our President for fighting a war unlike any this country has ever been engaged in before. We salute them and laud their cause of trying to free a people from oppression. 60 Plus is proud to be a small part of remembering Iraqi Liberation Week."

For additional information, check out: http://www.familiesunitedmission.com/

The 60 Plus Association is a 15-year-old nonpartisan organization taking on important issues such as death tax repeal, saving Social Security, working to lower energy costs, affordable prescription drugs and other senior-friendly issues featuring a less government, less taxes approach. 60 Plus calls on support from nearly 4.5 million citizen activists. 60 Plus publishes a quarterly magazine, SENIOR VOICE, and a Scorecard, bestowing a Guardian of Seniors' Rights award on lawmakers of both parties who vote "pro-senior." 60 Plus has been called "an increasingly influential senior citizens' group" and "the conservative alternative to the AARP." 60 Plus has established a membership benefit program. To join 60 Plus or for further information, please go to our website at http://www.60plus.org/ or call 877-560-PLUS (7587).

Source: 60 Plus Association

CONTACT: Ed Fulginiti or Hugh Newton, +1-703-807-2070, both of the 60
Plus Association

Web site: http://www.60plus.org/
http://www.familiesunitedmission.com/

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