Dear Mr. President:
Congress has spoken. The American people have spoken. The Iraqi people have spoken. So has the rest of the world.
It is time to bring America’s misguided adventure in Iraq to a close.
Legislation will soon reach your desk endorsing a timetable for withdrawal of most American military forces from Iraq. We urge you to sign that legislation.
It took 15 years and more than 58,000 American deaths before Congress stepped in to pull the plug on the disastrous Vietnam War.
Congress has now taken action after four years of the War in Iraq because the American people have had enough.
The United States has suffered through numerous failures in Iraq: the failure to tell the truth about why we went to war in the first place; the failure to plan for the war’s aftermath; and the failure to build a stable Iraqi government.
The ultimate price has already been paid by the more than 3,200 American soldiers who have lost their lives and the nearly 24,000 wounded warriors who aren’t getting the care they need.
The price has also been paid by the drastic undermining of America’s respect throughout the world.
We urge you to sign the legislation that will help bring the war in Iraq to a close.
Sincerely,
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