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TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT
The War in Iraq Special - Number 4

In my attempt to try and explain where we are in the struggle to win the war in Iraq, I think we should take just a moment to remind ourselves why we are in Iraq, fighting a war to free a people in a far away land, half a world away. As usual, time has a tendency to play tricks on our memory and with different agenda driven groups trying to re-write history, I fear we may not know where we are now and where we are going, because we have forgotten where we have been.

Today our country is divided over whether President Bush was right in starting this war and whether or not he and his military planners know what they are doing in fighting the war in Iraq. There is much debate about the real cause for our being in the war. Some say it was because of Hussein's WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, others believe it is because of the oil and this is a way to use our military to help President Bush and Vice President Cheney's buddies get it. Some even claim it is revenge for Daddy Bush's failure to get Saddam Hussein in the Gulf War or to get back at Saddam for putting a hit out to get the Senior Bush.

May I set the record straight, or at least give you my opinion of why we are in Iraq and where we are in the war. First, let me remind you, why and how, we got in this war in the first place. President Bush didn't start this war. they did. Yes, and "they" in this case, were the terrorists and it started on September 11, 2001 ( better known today as 911) in New York City, Washington, D.C., and a field in Pennsylvania.

It wasn't about WMD, oil or revenge. It was about protecting you and me and our families from having to worry about terrorists killing us right here in the United States of America. Don't let time, politics or anything else confuse you about who started this war and when it actually began.

Next, I would suggest that we not let politicians, the media, foreign leaders or anyone else tell us how well we are doing and how we should be conducting this war. No one knows exactly how this war should be fought because this is a totally new type of war and President Bush and his military leaders have to develop new strategies and techniques to win this new type of war. Once we win, and if, heaven forbid, another war just like this occurs in the future, what we, are learning today will serve as a guide for the leaders in the future to use.

This is not just a war in Iraq; this is a war against worldwide terrorism. It encompasses international relations, religion, global economics and over a thousand years of cultural differences that have finally come to a head, as well as the lessons of how this world must learn to live together or maybe, whether or not this world will get to live at all.

We are in a multifaceted, incredibly complex battle that has unbelievable potential for the world, all people and cultures that must try to co-exist in the future. At this point, how it all ends is not certain, the only thing anyone other than God knows, is that one day this war in Iraq and all of the other dynamics involved, will end and it will be a good ending or a bad one. As for me, I pray it will have a good ending and last for a long time.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that the war in Iraq is really about a whole lot of stuff and it is one gigantic mess that President Bush did not start and wishes it never started, but it did, and he is doing the best he can. We all need to join together and pray that he and his team handle it right or we all lose. As for me, I think he is doing a good job in a bad situation.

Folks, this is not a war for political parties to try and use to win the Presidency in 2004. This war is not business as usual for political handlers to play with to help one party or the other. The media had better be careful and report this war truthfully and not use their power and influence to get one political party in and the other party out. Nor is this war a chance for conservatives and liberals to continue to divide our nation and to try and increase their numbers in the normal struggle for power.

As to the future of the war in Iraq, it depends on how well we, the people of the United States, can put aside our differences and unite behind our troops, our military leaders and our President to show the world, and more specifically the terrorists, that we are one nation, indivisible, firmly committed to support our soldiers and our President's goals to win the war for peace.

I am asking you to pray to God, that he would give President Bush the wisdom to win the war for peace, not just in Iraq but to win the war for peace, for all people throughout the world.

President Bush, we are all behind you and we are very proud of the job our troops are doing in Iraq and the job you are doing to bring peace and stability throughout the world. From a grateful nation, thank you.

See You Next Week and May God Bless,

ANOTHER READER LETTER

Thank you Larry for helping us to understand what is happening in Iraq and the world. I for one am tired of the lies and history revision of the politicians and the media. I just want to understand what is going on in this war and how we can protect ourselves from further terrorism here in the US. I never want to relive the day when I saw the towers fall and that tremendous loss of life and the terror that I felt that I or my family could have been victim of such an attack. That day changed America forever and without Nichols Notes I would not fully understand what is happening.

I urge everyone that I know to subscribe to Nichols notes just as I have and to write the representatives in Washington and their state capitols to do all that they can to support the president and to close the boarders to illegal immigration. Just yesterday I heard that our federal government was holding meetings in Texas to tell illegal's that they don't have to fear us deporting them back to Mexico. What kind of a country is it when our own government won't enforce the laws of the country when our lives are at stake? The people crossing our boarders illegally aren't just indigent Mexicans; they are also terrorists.

Larry, if everyone reading Nichols Notes sent each issue to everyone in their address book with a note asking them to sign up to get their own copy, soon the whole nation would know what is going on. I hope you can do something about the illegal problem and the terrorists that it is allowing to enter our country. We here in California are awash in illegal's and there are a lot more of us that are voters than President Bush will ever get by romancing Vicente Fox and the few additional Hispanic voters that he might get.

Name withheld upon request.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

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