Re "Senate to Vote on Iraq Resolution Before Election," Sept. 18: I have been a Democrat since first registering to vote. My first vote was cast for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I am ashamed to say I am a Democrat now and will think long and hard before casting my vote for a Democrat again, only because they have caved in to President Bush's tough Texas talk.
I can't believe the Democrats think it's good for the country to attack Saddam Hussein. Bush has to vindicate his father's error in not wiping Hussein out when he had the chance, and now he wants to divert the country from the economy, corporate corruption, health-care issues and the fact that he wants to be reelected.
Will the parents of boys really say, "Go, my son, fight and die for your country"? Where will the money come from for another war? Starting a war in the Mideast and the so-called hunt for Osama bin Laden will leave us in a black hole, financially and morally. What a sad day for all Americans.
JoAnne Micon
Chatsworth
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Having long suspected that somebody was profiting from the drive to go to war, I am indebted to the intrepid Michael Ramirez for fingering the culprit (editorial cartoon, Commentary, Sept. 17).
