Buddy's Place
End the War
RECEIVED Sun., July 29, 2007
Dear Editor,
I’ve written about a hundred letters because I feel that there has been, at best, almost no responsible coverage of this poorly conceived and even more poorly executed war in Iraq. I am confused about the Congress and Senate. They have an opportunity to, at the very least, change the direction of the war or even end this war outright. We have entered a dangerous time where partisanship has become more important than the needs of the nation. We have been gripped in an administration in which fear and not hope has driven the administration's every move. The violation of the Fourth Amendment shows the president's fear of the American people, not the phantom terrorists. In January we were told to wait until July, and now in July we are told to wait until September. President Bush pulls this tired rabbit out of his hat time and time again. We now have reporting without investigation because every time President Bush trots out this very tired excuse, the press receives it as manna sent from God. Wars are fought with results, not faith. The surge has not been successful or even useful but has been hurtful to our cause. Every time we extend this war with bogus reasoning, we hurt our cause. We overturned a tyrant who systemically terrorized his nation, and we have become the tyrant who terrorizes haphazardly. Think about this, we are trying to win friends by blowing up bombs in neighborhoods. Explain to me again how this builds democracy in the Middle East? We, the United States of America, need to end this war before October or at least come up with a plan that makes sense.
I’ve written about a hundred letters because I feel that there has been, at best, almost no responsible coverage of this poorly conceived and even more poorly executed war in Iraq. I am confused about the Congress and Senate. They have an opportunity to, at the very least, change the direction of the war or even end this war outright. We have entered a dangerous time where partisanship has become more important than the needs of the nation. We have been gripped in an administration in which fear and not hope has driven the administration's every move. The violation of the Fourth Amendment shows the president's fear of the American people, not the phantom terrorists. In January we were told to wait until July, and now in July we are told to wait until September. President Bush pulls this tired rabbit out of his hat time and time again. We now have reporting without investigation because every time President Bush trots out this very tired excuse, the press receives it as manna sent from God. Wars are fought with results, not faith. The surge has not been successful or even useful but has been hurtful to our cause. Every time we extend this war with bogus reasoning, we hurt our cause. We overturned a tyrant who systemically terrorized his nation, and we have become the tyrant who terrorizes haphazardly. Think about this, we are trying to win friends by blowing up bombs in neighborhoods. Explain to me again how this builds democracy in the Middle East? We, the United States of America, need to end this war before October or at least come up with a plan that makes sense.
Ron Ruiz