Posted on 09/26/2001 2:02:39 PM PDT by Heisenburger
Dear Mr. President:
I want to tell you that you have lost my vote in the 2004 election. Though I voted for you in 2000, though I donated to your Victory 2000 campaign, and though I wore your pins and t-shirts, I cannot support you again.
Your diplomatic team, by trying to build a world coalition, has allowed Middle-Eastern and Arab dictatorships to dictate what we can and cannot do to respond to the attacks that took place on September 11. Instead of following the example of Ronald Reagan and basing foreign policy only on what is in the best interests of the United States, you have made concessions to Pakistan and Middle-Eastern countries that will threaten our security for years to come. The coalition has indeed determined the mission, not the other way around.
Specifically, your administration's statement that you will not overthrow the Taliban is unthinkably misguided. To not overthrow the Taliban is to give a feeling of security and power to other states that sponsor terrorism. Not only that, but it makes your statement last Thursday that the Taliban would share in the fate of terrorists an outright lie. One of the reasons I supported you in the 2000 election was that I was sick of being lied to by the Clinton administration. Now I see that you and your team are no different.
Furthermore, the fact that your administration, in an attempt to keep from offending Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, is not concentrating on Iraq as an important link to the Septemeber 11 attacks shows that you are not truly concerned with protecting Americans and ending terrorism. As Colin Powell said, Hussein is indeed the greatest terrorist in the world today. That he had a hand in the attacks on the 11th is not only highly probable, but also fairly obvious. The world can never be safe as long as Saddam Hussein is still in power.
In closing, I would remind you that you have a chance to win back my vote by changing your policy towards terror states and terrorists themselves. Perhaps your team should realize that "it is easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission."
Sincerely,
Brent Skilton
Quite frankly, I don't think Bush ever had your vote - even in the last election!!
I would..hell yeah!! Give me a carrier ship, a few tanks, some uzi's and amunition and I'll fight the SOB's myself..one hand tied behind my back:)
And I agree that Bush needs to take action very soon. This is getting be Carter -- the sequel. I mean they are almost daring us to stike. Iran too!
Where exactly is the conflict between Bush and Powell?
Have you read the article posted under breaking news entitled "US Will Not Endorse Jessee Jackson Trip" (or something similar) in which it is stated; "Powell, Armitage said, told Jackson that the demands laid on the Taliban by President George W. Bush were "not negotiable" and that if the militia wanted to avoid possible retaliatory strikes it must hand over bin Laden and eliminate his al-Qaeda network. "
Simply tell us on which point Powell disagrees with the President.
If Mr. Heisenburger had just one scintilla of affinity for you, you can bet your last dollar, that it has now, disappeared into the ether.!
It is good to go back in the archives once and awhile to see what the mood was like a few years ago. If anyone would have wrote that in less then two years we would have taken on Afghanistan and Iraq we would would have been hooted down as being too crazy for this forum.
This administration has performed very well considering all of the obstacles they have had to overcome. I, for one, will continue to support President Bush.
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