By Doug Long Rio Rancho, NM
In spite of America’s voice in the recent election and in polls, the loss of the 3,000th American in Iraq, the troops who have already had their Iraq tours extended and re-extended, and the Iraq Study Group Report, Mr. Bush has decided to ignore us and escalate his fiasco in Iraq.
His naive notion of throwing good lives after lost ones cannot stop the ages-old Sunni/Shiite blood feud. Nor, as we’ve seen, can terrorism be defeated by military means. Escalating the war would only cost more of our troops their lives and promote more anti-American terrorism.
Has Mr. Bush earned our trust and our confidence? Now, like an alcoholic who says he only wants one more drink, Bush claims that sending 21,500 more troops to Iraq — many to injury or their death — will satisfy him. Yeah, right.
Are we willing to speak up to defend our troops, our security, our honor, and our economy from Bush’s bloody blundering? Please tell your members of Congress that it is more important to save our troops’ lives than to save Bush’s face.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on January 15, 2007. Read the original PDF.