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A great way to start the week, I sent these out this morning. I took an informal survey this weekend and learned to few,if any repugs acknowledge having heard anything about this story, but some Dems had not paid it any attention either. We need to beat the drum long and loud on this one people. Can I get an "I"????
Dear Sir,
With the release of the Downing Street Minutes and the neglect to those minutes by the mainstream meia, I believe it is time for our elected officials to take a closer look at this and any other related documents. I supported our President in the lead up to Iraq, I felt that if Saddam Husssein did have WMD capabilites he needed to be dealt with. I did feel that we could have given the UN inspectors more time, but I trusted our President to make the right decision based on information he was privy to. I now feel that the current administration has led us into a war that we did not need to embark upon. I think that over the last 2 years many things have come to light that place doubt on what the motivation to go to war really was. I feel cheated as a former soldier. Afte 9-11, The US pulled together, and the world did not pity us, they were amazed by our resialliance and out ability to pull together in a time of crisis. I felt like we had the rest of the world behind us in a quest to root out terrorism and make America the shining beacon it had previously been. Now I look at reports from around the world, and Amreica is one of the most despised nations on the planet, all due to the handling of the war in Iraq and how we treat prisoners related to this war. I feel like I have been lied to and cheated out of the opportunity to be a proud American. I feel that the current Administration has led us astray and squandered the good will we received post 9-11. I do not take my duties as citizen lightly. I voluntarily joined the military and served my country honorably for 4 years. If the day comes when my country needs me to defend her from foreign or domestic enemies, I will gladly do so, as long as I belive the cause is just and the motives clear! For now, I ask you to do your duty as my elected official and join Congressman Conyers in his quest to find out the truth about why we are at war with a country that may have not posed an imminent danger to the USA. This goes beyond partisan politics at this point in my mind, please take a courageous stand and help start the investigation. If in the end you conclude that nothing wrong was done, that is fine by me, but I would like you to seek out the truth, whatever it may be, and share it with your constituents. Thank you for your time.
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