Friday, August 10, 2007
To: Canton Observer
Re: “War on Terror is real”, Letter to the Editor, August 9.
In reading the letter “War on Terror is real”, August 9, I was disappointed to see that the confusion about the War on terror, Iraq and al-Qaeda still persist. The misinformation and outright lies spread by our president and vice president about those issues persist even though facts have exposed them for what they are; untruths.
After 9/11 our president had an opportunity and a duty to eliminate the Taliban and al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and in so doing crush an international terror organization that has been a threat to us as well as the world. Our president chose to ignore the opportunity and to move our resources to invading Iraq which had no connection with al-Qaeda or the Taliban. For this monumental blunder, history as well as generations of Americans will never and should never forgive him.
The reality in Iraq is that a civil war is being waged between the Shia and the Sunni factions of Islam. Al-Qaeda, while present due to our president’s blunder, represent a tiny part of the insurgency; they are opposed by Iraqis and do not pose a danger of ever forming a government in Iraq.
The only hope in Iraq is to divide the country along ethnic lines with an agreement to share oil revenues on a per capita basis. Our troops should remain only in a capacity to prevent foreign powers from entering the region and not as cannon fodder in a civil war.
President Bush and the Republicans have shown us that they are incapable of providing security for our nation; in fact they are the ones responsible for putting us in danger. Allowing them to continue to damage this country and the people in it is plainly irresponsible.
To: Canton Observer
Re: “War on Terror is real”, Letter to the Editor, August 9.
In reading the letter “War on Terror is real”, August 9, I was disappointed to see that the confusion about the War on terror, Iraq and al-Qaeda still persist. The misinformation and outright lies spread by our president and vice president about those issues persist even though facts have exposed them for what they are; untruths.
After 9/11 our president had an opportunity and a duty to eliminate the Taliban and al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and in so doing crush an international terror organization that has been a threat to us as well as the world. Our president chose to ignore the opportunity and to move our resources to invading Iraq which had no connection with al-Qaeda or the Taliban. For this monumental blunder, history as well as generations of Americans will never and should never forgive him.
The reality in Iraq is that a civil war is being waged between the Shia and the Sunni factions of Islam. Al-Qaeda, while present due to our president’s blunder, represent a tiny part of the insurgency; they are opposed by Iraqis and do not pose a danger of ever forming a government in Iraq.
The only hope in Iraq is to divide the country along ethnic lines with an agreement to share oil revenues on a per capita basis. Our troops should remain only in a capacity to prevent foreign powers from entering the region and not as cannon fodder in a civil war.
President Bush and the Republicans have shown us that they are incapable of providing security for our nation; in fact they are the ones responsible for putting us in danger. Allowing them to continue to damage this country and the people in it is plainly irresponsible.
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