(CNN) - Five days after setting off a political firestorm with an ad in The New York Times attacking the top U.S. commander in Iraq, MoveOn.org has set its sights on President Bush.
The MoveOn.org ad was posted on YouTube on Friday.
The liberal advocacy group announced Friday it is rolling out a new national television ad campaign next week accusing Bush of "a betrayal of trust."
"Before the surge, George Bush had 130,000 troops stuck in Iraq," states the ad's narrator. "Americans had elected a new Congress to bring them home. Instead, Bush sent 30,000 more troops."
"Now he's making a big deal about, you guessed it ... pulling out 30,000," the narrator adds. "So, next year, there will still be 130,000 troops stuck in Iraq."
In a statement, Nita Chaudhary, a MoveOn.org spokeswoman, said the president has "given us a sham draw-down plan - 30,000 troops by next July is not a plan to end the war."
"No one is fooled by this," Chaudhary said. "It's just a political scheme to provide cover for Republicans and run out the clock to the end of his term."
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