Letters To The Editor
To The Editor: The President Endangers The Lives Of American Troops in Iraq In his zeal to win at all costs, Mr. Bush in a presentation yesterday publicly displayed a very large map for media cameras that pinpointed with red triangles the locations of American-Iraqi security posts in Baghdad. This was an irresponsible act that provided al Qaeda, the Shiite militias, and the Sunni insurgents with vital information to target U.S. military and to inflict more death and long term disabilities on American troops. He deliberately violated his dictum of “support the troops” in favor of a political opportunity. It is now known from reliable sources that the new troop surge in Iraq and the call for a war czar are strategies to prolong American involvement in Iraq to run down the clock so that the next president bears the blame for the ending of this ill-fated war. Dr. Saul B. Wilen, San Antonio CEO, International Horizons Unlimited Dear Editor, The House and Senate have exercised their legal prerogative to affect U.S. policy by placing timetable restrictions on continued funding of the Iraq war. President Bush has mischaracterized this action as “micromanaging.” Indeed, it would be micromanaging if Congress told the generals “how” to fight the war, but it is Congress
