Richard Wolffe, for shame

To Whom It May Concern:

I am profoundly disturbed by what one of your columnists, Richard Wolffe, declared on Countdown the other night in reference to the Iraq War debate between Bush and Congress. Mr. Wolffe suggested that both President Bush’s and Congress’s arguments “resonates with the public”.

I am not going to argue with his assessment that both arguments resonate with the public. But to make that claim and then to suggest that this is the cause of some problem for both sides of the debate is utterly ridiculous! OVER 60% of the public agree with Congress (Democrats). That is, 2 in 3 persons of these United States believe Bush is off the mark. Given these statistics, I found it intellectually dishonest for Mr. Wolffe to suggest that the Democrats “have a problem” in pursuing their course of action.

Mr. Wolffe even had the audacity to go on to say that this disagreement in Washington was going on while violence occurs in Iraq, as if the Democrats aren‘t considering this in their debate. He should be reminded that it is exactly this violence that concerns the Democrats enough to attempt to change the course of this war. Even if the Democrats are incorrect (something I highly doubt), to suggest that their attempt to change the course of this war is somehow done without concern for the violence in Iraq boggles my mind to the point that I am left to write you with my incredulity.

I can only hope Mr. Wolffe will recognize the polling and stop giving excessive respect to Bush’s so-called "plan". There is no evidence that it is working, 2 in 3 Americans think he is wrong and our soldiers are dying needlessly over a lie and are stuck in the middle of a civil war. Also, we shouldn’t forget about the Iraqis who are being killed for “fraternizing” with American troops. Therefore, one could argue that our presence in Iraq increases the violence that Mr. Wolffe seems to think the Democrats are ignoring. The last thing our country needs is to be suckered into believing something that is not true, again.


Sincerely,
EJBR