Regarding the “Emergency war spending bill”:
The cost of our action in Iraq is expensive, both in lives and tax dollars. So why should we send more troops or dollars? Do you want to win or lose? Winning is not about buying a ticket to the lottery and getting lucky. Winning is not the easy way out. The easiest thing is to withdraw when challenged and choose to lose. The United States that I served for 27 years did not choose to take the easy way out of the Cold War. It was not easy. It took 45 years and cost trillions of dollars.
No one likes seeing the daily report of American lives lost in Iraq. No one likes to hear the stories of government waste. No one likes to go back on their word. We have pledged to the Iraqi people that we would stand by them in their time of crisis. If you think that they are not sacrificing enough, just look at their death toll. It is many times higher than ours. They can certainly do more and they should. They should certainly continue to shoulder more of the responsibility for their own security and they are.
It is easy to watch war protestors on TV and feel anger and sympathy for their cause. Isn’t it worth it to give the Iraqi people that same freedom of speech? Are we the only people that deserve to be free? I am thankful that the French fleet arrived off Yorktown preventing the British escape and forcing the surrender of Cornwallis. It is important to have allies that are willing to sacrifice to help you win. I am glad the French did not choose to let us lose. Write or call your congressman or senator and tell them that you do not want to lose. Fund our troops.
Doug Roulstone
Snohomish
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