Congress too spineless to stop president

I guess when a person doesn't have anything to say about the other person's point of view the simplistic thing to do is to call everything a lie. Mr. Drobny's letter to the editor "Democrats will only raise your taxes more" (DJ-10/19) is a classic example of how delusional a person can be. I'm just wondering how our country is going to pay the billions of dollars in the unprovoked war in Iraq. The answer is simple -- the citizens pay with taxes. Thanks to George W. Bush and the GOP-controlled Congress we will be paying billions for a war that has not produced anything. What does the administration have to show for the war in Iraq? Today, 2,755 of America's finest are dead. The statement made by Mr. Drobny -- "Bush took the fight to the terrorist's backyard" -- is a distortion of the real facts. The Select Committee on Intelligence found no links between Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein of Iraq. Mr. Drobny, did you read the report by security experts that stated the war is creating more terrorists and that Iraq has become the playground for terrorist. It has been five years since Sept. 11, 2001, and as of today Osama bin Laden is still at large. Not a single person has been punished for the crimes of 9/11. It is obvious that George W. and company got our country into this war by lying to the citizens of our country and to the world. Further, the "Military Commission Act of 2006" passed by the spineless Congress and signed into law by the president desecrates the constitution that George W. was elected to uphold. This bill makes a mockery of our constitutional government. Our country has essentially suspended human rights by stripping from the federal courts one of the hallmarks of our Republic -- "habeas corpus review." It is the last line of defense against an unruly executive power. We have a president elected by the people, not a king. It is time for change. We need people in the Congress who are going to ask the hard questions, not be a rubber-stamp. Hipolito Lagares, Vineland - Published in the Daily Journal, October 25, 2006