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| An Open Letter to John Kerry |
| 2004-09-17 |
| LLL Watch An Open Letter to John Kerry William Fisher, Arab News Dear Sen. Kerry: I am a student of international affairs and a political news junkie. I have a pretty good idea of what's going on in the world, so it's not me I'm worried about. It's the American voter. They're getting snookered. They're being misled — again. They're being told that things are getting better in Iraq, when clearly they are getting worse. They're being told we're going after "terrorists" in Iraq, when in fact we have created their largest and most successful recruiting office. They're being told there will soon be elections in Afghanistan, yet not being told that the Bush administration is failing to get the international community to fulfill its promises to protect the polling places. They're still being told that there was a connection between Osama Bin Laden, Al-Qaeda, Saddam Hussein, and Sept.11 , when there is no credible evidence to back up that claim. They are being told that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian issue is a high priority for the Bush administration, when it has been on a distant back burner for many months. And they are still being told that if we "stay the course", freedom and democracy will magically start springing up all over the Middle East, when the truth is that America is so disrespected in that neighborhood that anything we touch is destined to go sour. Senator, I don't care what you did or did not do thirty-five years ago, and I don't give a hoot if Lt. Bush never showed up for National Guard service. All of that are ancient history and a huge and dangerous distraction for those who will cast their ballots in November. |
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