Letters to the Editor
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This gets sooooo old
OK, some Republican bloviator makes a claim that mischaracterizes reality. And then, here in the choir room, you point out how it is incorrect.
What is worse, it relates to the mistaken idea that popular sentiment should drive military decisions. And you act like there is some sudden shift that makes this version of popular sentiment an appropriate one to drive our military decisions, when the popular sentiment of four years ago help drive us into this disastrous venture.
I want the war to end. I want to end the squandering of American blood and treasure in this quagmire. But deciding how best to do this need to be left to the professionals.
The average voter on the streets still lacks the knowledge and expertise necessary to judge what is the best way to prosecute this military venture. It is disingenuous at best to pretend that "what the American people want" is a basis upon which to make military decisions, when "what the American people want" cheered us right into this mess.
Yes, I understand that this is a response to a mischaracterization. But it accomplishes nothing, other than to increase the level of acrimony surrounding this issue.
"Look how wrong they are!!" Yeah, that helps.