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Iraq vets to challenge Democrats in November

A group of Iraq war veterans from across the U.S. have formed a coalition to help each other run for Congress this fall.

All of the veterans support the war effort and have stated they wish to relieve the Democrats from their control of Congress. The coalition, called Iraq Veterans for Congress, was founded by Marine Corps veteran Kieran Michael Lalor, who is running for New York's 19th Congressional District seat located north of New York City.

Lalor says there is strength in numbers. "When I heard there were other Iraq vets who were Republicans who believed in the mission in Iraq who were running for the House, I wanted to compare notes with them, to see what was working in their campaign, what wasn't working," he explains. "And also I knew [with] individual congressional campaigns it's hard to get national attention."

And Lalor says members of Iraq Veterans For Congress are tired of seeing veterans mistreated and their mission slandered. "I feel like the media and Democrat Party [sic] go out of their way to find the exception to the rule," says a frustrated Lalor. "They go out of their way to find the anti-Iraq war veteran. And the great majority of us support the mission there, and I thought who better to broadcast our support for the mission than guys who are going to Congress," he adds.
 
Lalor expects 15 Iraq war veterans from the coalition to square off against Democrats this fall.