Response to "Shame on Us"

This must be the first draft of the platform for this year’s Democratic Party-- that everything that this Republican administration has done has been horrible. Need I remind you, that the Declaration of War against Iraq was signed by the vast majority of both houses of Congress. Also, let me remind you that the whole country was up in arms about how we should have known about the 9-11 attack before. At that time, we wanted to insure that this would never happen to us again.

As for the events at Abu Ghraib, they were as a result of a very few army reserves. They were not a reflection from the men and women of our armed services. As for the right to habeas corpus, we have never given these rights to any prisoners in armed combat. Our Constitution we have is for the United States of America and not for all the citizens of the world.

Though I think that many of the statements in your article have validity to them, to voice them verbatim without personal reflection, somewhat frightens me. Never once in this commentary is there any acknowledgement of the great job our men and women in the armed services have done to protect us. To follow this line of thought the world and the Iraqi people would be better off with Saddam Hussein still in control. I ask only that the author voice solutions not just criticisms.