Help "Stay the Course"

A friend of mine said something to me this morning that led me to write the following letter to the editor. Feel free to use the ideas. - Garrett, many thanks!

Dear Editor,

It is upsetting to have people refer to those of us who are against the Iraq War as “cut and run” cowards. So let’s see if our critics are willing to show they have the “right stuff.”

For those who want to “stay the course” and are young enough (have you noticed many of the Reservists and National Guard are in their forties and fifties?), please volunteer and join up now to help the surge so you can get the victory and stay on as peace keepers as long as the President wants you there.

For those who are too old for military service, let me urge you to call Halliburton and any of the other defense contractors who are operating in Iraq to volunteer to help with anything from serving food to our soldiers to repairing the electrical grid. We’ve only lost 800 civilian workers compared to the 3600-3700 soldiers. Compared to the 23,000 soldiers who died during the period when President Nixon and Henry Kissinger agreed in 1971 to postpone ending the Viet Nam War so Nixon could be re-elected in 1972 as a wartime President (see Robert Dallek’s book NIXON AND KISSINGER), you as a pro-war volunteer would be practically as safe there as you would be here.

If you are really for this war, there are ways you can go to Iraq and do something about it.