Great Letter:

Letters: Bush administration must devise exit strategy
President Bush has completely failed in his responsibility as commander-in-chief. He sent our troops to war without the suitable equipment, based on faulty, inaccurate intelligence and no plan for success. Too many lives are being lost and little to no progress is being made. Costs continue to rise, with more than $300 billion taxpayers' dollars wasted, and Iraq is becoming the international training ground for terrorists. Our troops, our allies and the American people deserve better.
The President cannot make up for the mistakes that led us to war in Iraq. But he can stop ignoring the facts, ignoring the experts and ignoring the legitimate concerns of the American people. Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, al-Qaida was not present in Iraq before America invaded and Iraq did not play any role in September 11th. These faulty reasons and others from the Bush administration are unacceptable. In fact, these were all lies made up to "sell" the war to the American people as Bush and Cheney met with their staff to determine how to invade Iraq months before Sept. 11, 2001, even occurred.
President Bush needs to answer the question that every American is struggling to answer: What is our plan to succeed in Iraq and at what point can our troops begin to return home? And he needs to do that sooner rather than later, because our troops are not getting what they deserve from this administration.
As the American death toll in Iraq surpassed 2,000 last week, and is at 2,037 (as of Nov. 3) we need to begin an exit strategy. Call on the Bush administration and Congress to form a plan to get it now, before it's too late. It is time we really begin to support our troops: bring them home!
Kyle Ruedinger Oshkosh
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