Oliver Stone TV commercial supports withdrawal from Iraq

He’s back! The conscious of the Vietnam war generation, director Oliver Stone has just completed a TV ad calling for the withdrawal of US Troops from Iraq. Director Oliver Stone attends the opening of the Billy Wilder theater at the Hammer museum in Los Angeles December 3, 2006. Stone will direct a TV commercial questioning the Bush administration's military strategy in Iraq. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Director Oliver Stone attends the opening of the Billy Wilder theater at the Hammer museum in Los Angeles December 3, 2006. Stone will direct a TV commercial questioning the Bush administration's military strategy in Iraq. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniThe 30 second TV spot contained a plea by John Bruhns, a former infantry sergeant who fought in Iraq during the 2003 invasion. Spot is sponsored by the MoveOn political action group and VoteVets.org.Stone who fought in the Vietnam and directed three anti war movies ‘Platoon,’ ‘Heaven and Earth’ and ‘Born on the Fourth of July,’ draws obvious parallels between the war in Iraq and Vietnam."I made three movies about Vietnam and I thought it was behind us," he said. "This is a bad summer repeat of a war that happened 40 years ago. We must listen to the soldiers who are coming back."In the commercial, which is airing for a week in the US on CNN, Bruhns says, "We were told to liberate these people. They were shooting at us. To keep American soldiers in Iraq for an indefinite period of time, being attacked by an unidentifiable enemy, is wrong, immoral and irresponsible."Ron Kovic, the author of "Born on the Fourth of July" who was shot and paralyzed in Vietnam, supplies a brief voice-over, saying "Support our troops. Bring them home."Stone maintained he was not interested in doing a film on the Iraqi war because, “It’s not my generation’s war.” "I'd like to do a picture about the politics behind it though. I find that fascinating," Stone told Reuters news agency.