The last letter.

[spence]

I think he's earned the right to speak his mind...and the message isn't that complicated...he feels as though he's been betrayed.

No wonder he's so angry, if I felt that way I'd be too.

-spence

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by spence

I think he's earned the right to speak his mind...and the message isn't that complicated...he feels as though he's been betrayed.

No wonder he's so angry, if I felt that way I'd be too.

-spence

Of course he has earned the right to speak his mind. However, he has not earned the right to lie. The guy said that Bush started the war out of a thirst for wealth and power. There's precisely zero evidence of that. Zip. Bupkus.

The guy called Bush a war criminal. If Bush is a war criminal, aren't all the democrats who voted for the war (and that's a LONG list of prominent democrats, including the next democratic presidential nominee, Hilary) also war criminals? Aren't the leaders of all the other countries who sent troops to Iraq, war crinminals as well? Why were none of these people tried at the Hague?

Which law did Bush break that makes him a war criminal? At the end of the first Gulf War, as part of the cease-fire, Hussein agreed to give the weapons inspectors unfettered access. He repeatedly violated that. Bush warned him again and again and again and again. If Bush wanted to invade just to get rich, why would he have given Hussein so many opportunities to comply with the treaty?

There's lots of valid, sane reasons to criticize Bush for his handling of the war. Saying he did it to get rich is crazy, and reaks of political motivation.

I pray that vet gets the help he needs. His letter sounds about as rational as the Unibomber's manifesto. Bush has an 'empty character'? Again, tell that to the 1,000,000+ Africans who are alive today because of Bush's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief. Tell that to the unborn, who never had a better advocate in the Oval Office. Tell that to the little girls in Iraq who can, thanks to this vet and his commander-in-chief, now go to school and make something of themselves, and who can now vote in free elections.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by spence

I think he's earned the right to speak his mind...and the message isn't that complicated...he feels as though he's been betrayed.

No wonder he's so angry, if I felt that way I'd be too.

-spence

you dont have to earn the right to speak your mind, we all have the right in this country. Maybe this guy should realize that many people in Iraq and other middle east countries have the right now too. I dont think there would have been an "Arab Spring" without the US Invasion of Iraq. As Jim said, Bush didnt get rich from Iraq, and neither did his oil buddies. Its just not true and anyone with any understand of supply and demand would get it. My hear goes out to all vets, many of our nations finest perished in bad policy, bad military decisions. But to say there was malevolence and deceit from Bush is plan crap.

[GregW]

I hate discussing politics. Even more I hate discussing the Iraq War. So I will not debate it.
This article was sent to me, and I have two problems with what he writes:

1). First he says: "did not pose a threat to its neighbors, much less to the United States.". Then in another paragraph he called it a "Pre-emptive war".
How would it be pre-emptive if there was never a threat?

2). I am not a defender of Bush, but he has had no say with the VA for over 4 years, and it is backlogged more now than ever. Why is no blame being placed on the current president?

Seems a bit skewed to me.