Editor,
I'd like to thank Rep. Heather Wilson for the three-month-old form letter I received on the situation in Iraq. The letter made absolutely no mention of sectarian violence or civil war in Iraq.
The letter stated military operations must go forward against insurgent and foreign fighters in Iraq, particularly against al-Qaida. With all due respect, the majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are U.S. troops and private contractors.
President Bush has said there is not a civil war in Iraq, just sectarian violence. Bush has also said that he's a uniter, not a divider; that there were no warnings about al-Qaida before Sept. 11, 2001; that some guy with a ratty beard in a hole was a threat to our security; that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction; that Iraq was an ally of al-Qaida; that we'd be greeted as liberators and not as occupiers; and that there was no insurgency in Iraq. He's thrown out slogans like "mission accomplished" and "stay the course," both of which he's had to retract. In other words, Bush lacks credibility.
Earlier this year, it was reported that Bush didn't know there were two sects of Islam, Shiite and Sunni. Bush thought Iraqis were all just Muslims.
Wilson hailed the elections in Iraq as progress of a unity government, but didn't these three elections actually sharpen the tribal and religious divides in the new Iraq? The Shiite Council for the Islamic Revolution of Iraq got the most votes. Do they know the difference between a democracy and a theocracy, though?
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Why is the U.S. borrowing $2 billion every week to pay for the squabble in Iraq? There's never been a war accompanied by tax cuts until Bush got in office.
The Iraqi government is on the brink of collapse. After the failure to find Osama bin Laden or weapons of mass destruction, we were told we were spreading democracy. The word on the street is that the U.S. is looking for a strongman like our former ally Saddam Hussein to put Iraq back together again. How do our legislators sleep?
It would seem like someone with Wilson's experience in foreign policy and military affairs would know better. Didn't Wilson work for the Reagan administration when it was supplying Iraq with intelligence to attack Iran, the Kurds and the Shiites with weapons of mass destruction?
The only thing Wilson can do about the continuing genocide in Iraq is step down and resign.
Brian Fejer
UNM student
