The recent presidential campaign saw a plethora of open letters directed at Donald Trump, at least two of which were authored and signed by neoconservative foreign policy “experts” denouncing him for challenging their most cherished notions.
Now it’s my turn to write an open letter, albeit coming from the opposite direction.
Dear President Trump:
Unlike what you might expect from a writer for a web site like Antiwar.com, I’ve given you a pretty fair shake. I have to admit that, at first, I just didn’t get it, but I’m honest enough to admit when I’m wrong. As you began to lay out your platform, I took notice – and, in the face of a lot of skepticism from my readers and even from some of my colleagues, I started to cheer you on. Not that I cheered every pronouncement – but when you started criticizing the conduct of American foreign policy under the Bush administration, and not just the Obama regime, I was quite impressed.
The turning point, for me, was when you got up at that South Carolina GOP presidential debate and said:
“I want to tell you. They lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction, there were none. And they knew there were none. There were no weapons of mass destruction.”
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Sent just now to all my veteran-who-never-saw-a-minute-of-combat friends, nor did their grown sons, like mine, serve a day. Needless to say, they were all offended by my mailing of John Randolph of Roanoke's definition of Republican principles. This moment on TV a woman with a gun said "The thing about end times is people know what they want." Any way you look at it these are my end times. I know what I want and no agency has helped me get to this state more than FreeNorthCarolina. Salute.
ReplyDeleteveteran-who-never-saw-a-minute-of-combat friends, nor did their grown sons, like mine, serve a day. Needless to say, they were all offended by my mailing of John Randolph of Roanoke's definition of Republican principles.
DeleteWell, that's good! :) & you're on a too sweet roll tonight. :)
The Iraqi war was a big mistake. I am glad that Trump recognizes this.
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