Open Letter to President Bush on Iraq

Mr. President,

Out here in the Red Zone, we support your policies, but we are getting worried about the war in Iraq.

We need reassurance.

We need communication.

We totally support our troops and admire them for their willingness to fight a nasty murky war.

We had rather battle the terrorists over there than over here.

We are not concerned that no Weapons of Mass Destruction were found because we know that Saddam Hussein led a rogue nation which made a constant mockery of international law.

We don't believe you deliberately misled us about these weapons because logic and world intelligence agencies throughout the world said they were there.

Saddam had used them before and continually defied international inspections attempting to insure that he would not use them again.

Yes, it would be great if Iraq actually formed a western style democracy.

Although not many of us actually believe exactly that is likely to happen.

We would settle for a stable elected government of some kind, even if it had an Islamic tinge, as long as it was not a fanatical Iranian theocracy.

This would greatly benefit America in our War against Terror and save many American lives in the long run.

It is a result worth fighting for.

However, when day after day we hear of three, four, five casualties from mysterious car bombs and homicide bombers.

When day after day we hear Democratic charges that we need more troops or that Cheney lied and falsified evidence to force us into war or that our troops don't have enough armor.

When day after day all we see on TV are carnage and people running for cover or running with blood.

When all we hear is that we are making no progress training Iraqi troops.

Then we begin to doubt and your poll numbers drop.

Please communicate with us. It is obvious that you do have a plan.

Train Iraqis to take over a free Iraq.

Give them one more year at the most. By then we should see significant and visible progress in Iraqis running their own democratic country.

If they do not have the will to fight, if they are not as strong as Islamic fanatics, then we can stay there ten years and things will only get worse.

We hear nothing good about how things are going in Iraq.

You need to go on a Good Offensive.

Hammer home over and over that free elections have been held and a constitution has been formed. This is a remarkable accomplishment.

You need to tell us day after day what we are achieving. Let us know the positive things our troops are doing.

Are they building schools, ensuring the flow of oil, enabling businesses to open, wiping out terrorist cells?

Let us hear the voices of Iraqis who appreciate our being there.

Let us hear from Iraqis who will fight for their freedom because if they won’t, we need to get out now.

The main stream press will not carry this, but you can give speeches to get the message out and Fox News will give you a fair and balanced hearing.

Put the information out there. Energize your base or your Republican Congress will panic, split and run for cover.

Please Mr. President communicate with us and preserve what you have accomplished before the tide turns.