Writer Was Wrong on Iraq

In response to the letter to the editor from K.C. Najarian, complaining about how Susan Horowitz and Cindy Sheehan do not speak for the majority of Americans, or even capture the majority's general opinion, K.C. is wrong. Look to public opinion polls. President Bush's public approval ratings are the lowest for any president since his father was in office. K.C.'s general mindset seems to be that a lot of good is being done in Iraq. Accordingly, anything the U.S. does is justified. We install western democracy and remove the tyrant Saddam Hussein from office. Therefore, we can engage in an illegal war that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands of Americans. I would remind K.C. that this is an illegal war. It is not justified by the United Nations decree. And it was not even justified by President Bush, himself. Does K.C. remember that America went to war with Iraq because: (1) Iraq had WMDs, (2) Iraq was in league with Al Queda and (3) Iraq was planning imminent attacks on U.S. property and people. Well, the 9_11 Commission proved that President Bush had reason to know that all of these assumptions were unfounded. How many times can the President be so mistaken that K.C. does not understand that the man is just lying to the American people? In your spirit, K.C., I call your letter and opinions those of the right wing's misinformation. Do not confuse the work of our good soldiers with the idea that we should even be in Iraq in the first place. Do not obfuscate the issue with your illogical nonsense about moveon.org. This is why Cindy Sheehan does speak for loyal Americans.

M.P. REINA

Farmington, Michigan

Letter Printed in Garden City Observer, Michigan, October 6, 2005