In the first couple of letters to the editor today, we learn that the real problem with Iraq is the liberals at home. Yeah, right.
Did you know that the B1 bomber is now in Iraq for the first time? How useful is a bomber in street-fighting? Is there anything left standing in Baghdad — or will there be when we declare victory and go home?
The solution to this war does not come from killing more people. Every death makes a martyr, every survivor a new militant.
The Shia and Sunni have to make peace. god help them. mjh
ABQjournal: Letters to the Editor
Liberal Deja Vu All Over
FOR THOSE of us who fought in Vietnam, the actions of the liberals in Congress will be “deja vu all over again.” The liberals are trying once again to pull the rug out from under our troops in time of war… [Liberals’] knowledge of history is limited to their liberal view. — D.B., Abq.
[mjh: is it possible that DB’s knowledge of the present is limited by his conservative view?]
Uniforms Not for Everybody
If you have never served your country and been in war, you just don’t know. And it is a waste of time for a combat veteran to try to explain it. You just won’t get it. — D.K., Abq.
[mjh: this is precisely what evangelical Christians say about their faith.]
Majority in Poll Favor Deadline For Iraq Pullout By Dan Balz and Jon Cohen, Washington Post Staff Writers
With Congress preparing for renewed debate over President Bush’s Iraq policies, a majority of Americans now support setting a deadline for withdrawing U.S. forces from the war-torn nation and support putting new conditions on the military that could limit the number of personnel available for duty there, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Opposition to Bush’s plan to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq remained strong. Two in three Americans registered their disapproval, with 56 percent saying they strongly object. The House recently passed a nonbinding resolution opposing the new deployments, but Republicans have blocked consideration of such a measure in the Senate. …
The Post-ABC poll found that 53 percent of Americans favored setting a deadline for troop withdrawals. Among those who favored a deadline, 24 percent said they would like to see U.S. forces out within six months and 21 percent called for the withdrawals to be completed within a year. …
Nearly seven in 10 women supported establishing some rules for training and rest time for troops to limit the number available for duty in Iraq, and 47 percent of men favored those limits. Similarly, a majority of men opposed setting any deadline for withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq, while an even larger majority of women would like to see a deadline established.
The poll also registered a new low on the question of whether the Iraq war was worth fighting. Thirty-four percent responded that it was, while 64 percent said it was not — 51 percent strongly. On this question, 51 percent of military veterans and 53 percent of veteran households said they strongly believe that the war was not worth fighting.