Time to Protest the War Expenses

President Bush continues to call for increased American military presence in Iraq and for a larger American military overall. These calls continue in spite of contrary advice and a recent election in which voters repudiated the ongoing occupation of Iraq. The President’s stubborn resistance to following advice from others is wearing thin. As a result of his failure to change our course in Iraq, increasing numbers of Americans are dying on a daily. Nearly 3000 have paid with their lives for his intransigence.

The time has come for the American public and member of Congress to stand united in opposition. The country cannot afford the ongoing losses in terms of money, lives, international repute, and failure to care for our own at home. With the holiday season in full bloom we should all make a part of our celebration the writing of a letter or the making of a telephone call to register our protest with our Congressional representatives. So long as we, the public, remain quiet nothing will change. Our voices must be heard loud and clear lest we lose all our country has come to stand for in the last 200 years.