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
Like you, I want strong action, particularly against Iraq and other states who sponsor terrorism.
But I believe Bush is a good man, his own man, and I still have hope that he will do the right thing in the end.
I also wish he will change his mind and do the right thing, but he has already said he won't. It is a sign of the end of a free nation when that nation becomes more afraid of foreign diplomats than of violent foreign aggressors.
The bombs haven't even been dropped and you are cutting and running..
Get a grip people!
I think we all ought to just pray now and assess performance later.
Rippin
For now, just be quiet, do your part, let Bush do the job he was elected to, and hold your dissing until AT LEAST 6 months have passed, if not two years.
This is not a TV mini-series that gets resolved in a few days. It's war, and we're not even that sure who the enemy is or where he is.
My personal opinion: what we're worried about is not an adverse reaction from our supposed "allies" in Arabia.
What we're worried about is the reaction we might see right here in the good ol' US of A.
Our federal gevernment has so thoroughly blown it, the CIA, the FBI, the INS, the FAA, the BATF, and all the others -- they ain't got NO idea who is running loose in THIS country or what their capabilities might be.
Right now, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop. If we retaliate against bin Laden et al -- we don't know what they could do. Underestimating your enemy is a serious strategic mistake.
Negatory. I'm hoping McCain will run as an independent in 2004. I disagree with him on tons and tons of things, and he's way to liberal on some issues for my taste. I can't stand the way he has to run in front of a camera every chance he gets. However, McCain is not a weakling, and he doesn't let people push him or his country around. He is most certainly not afraid of war.
Yes, I understand that if someone dicks with the U.S., we put a bullet through his brain. Unfortunately, Bush doesn't understand that.
Right, just like a good little Stalinist subject.
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