http://pierrelegrand.net/2003/09/22/don-quixotes-letter-to-the-president-tilting-at-windmills-can-be-fun.htm A Common Man Looks at the War on Islamic Terror Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://pierrelegrand.net/2003/09/22/don-quixotes-letter-to-the-president-tilting-at-windmills-can-be-fun.htm#comment-16342 Pierre Legrand’s Pink Flamingo Bar » Andrew C McCarthy on why we are failing in Iraq and the war against Islamic fundamentalism Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:51:44 +0000 http://pierrelegrand.net/?p=5#comment-16342 [...] In September 2003 I wrote a letter to the President and Sec of Defense which I both mailed to their offices and posted on my blog. Knowing how ridiculous it was for me to send such a letter I titled the post on my blog “Don Quixote’s letter to the President, tilting at windmills can be fun.” The main thrust of my letter was a reprimand to the President and his officers for allowing the debate over Iraq to be turned by his enemies. From that letter this snippet. Saddam must be linked to the Al Qaeda, its why many of us who supported the war, did so. I know that your reasons to go to war revolved around three or four issues. For many of us it revolved around one main issue, the linkage between Saddam and Al Qaeda, with the dreadful possibilities that follow from that match. That you wanted to free the Iraqis people was certainly a way for us to feel good about the war, but we both know that had you tried to sell this war by just saying how great it would be to free the Iraqis we would have said fine send them money and arms, but no U.S. Armies. Had you tried to sell this war on just the fact that the Iraqis were ignoring the United Nations resolutions we would have laughed you out of the White House for all the respect we have for that free parking institution. And the fact that Saddam had an active WMD program certainly is a concern to us but fact is, there are a lot of crazies who have weapons of Mass destruction, I don’t/won’t support wars to depose all of them. No this war revolved around the dynamic of Saddam giving those weapons of mass destruction to the Al Qaeda or other terrorists intent on using them here, it revolved around the evidence of linkage. [...] [...] In September 2003 I wrote a letter to the President and Sec of Defense which I both mailed to their offices and posted on my blog. Knowing how ridiculous it was for me to send such a letter I titled the post on my blog “Don Quixote’s letter to the President, tilting at windmills can be fun.” The main thrust of my letter was a reprimand to the President and his officers for allowing the debate over Iraq to be turned by his enemies. From that letter this snippet. Saddam must be linked to the Al Qaeda, its why many of us who supported the war, did so. I know that your reasons to go to war revolved around three or four issues. For many of us it revolved around one main issue, the linkage between Saddam and Al Qaeda, with the dreadful possibilities that follow from that match. That you wanted to free the Iraqis people was certainly a way for us to feel good about the war, but we both know that had you tried to sell this war by just saying how great it would be to free the Iraqis we would have said fine send them money and arms, but no U.S. Armies. Had you tried to sell this war on just the fact that the Iraqis were ignoring the United Nations resolutions we would have laughed you out of the White House for all the respect we have for that free parking institution. And the fact that Saddam had an active WMD program certainly is a concern to us but fact is, there are a lot of crazies who have weapons of Mass destruction, I don’t/won’t support wars to depose all of them. No this war revolved around the dynamic of Saddam giving those weapons of mass destruction to the Al Qaeda or other terrorists intent on using them here, it revolved around the evidence of linkage. [...]

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