The American Spectator

/p> p> FIT TO BE TIED br> Re: John Tabin’s Pushing the Kerry Surge and Why Bush Won : /p> p>Regarding your conclusion that Bush won Thursday’s debate, respectfully I have to ask you, are you serious? I am a middle of the road moderate who supported Bush’s primary reasons for invading Iraq. I watched the debate and I have watched the situation in Iraq deteriorate from this administration’s lack of planning, and the President’s insistence on ignoring his own experts who warned him this would happen without proper troop support. What I saw in this debate was a stubborn man who refuses to acknowledge the dire situation we are in in both Iraq and Afghanistan and who has consequently refused to correct his course. I am sorry, Mr. Tabin, but Mr. Bush did not win. It was not even close. If you believe he did, you must also refuse to believe the post-debate polls and that the situation in Iraq is spinning out of control. You and the President you support need to face the facts. If we are to win in Iraq, and get back to fighting the real war on terror, as a country we need to admit when we are off course and make changes. By refusing to admit we are bumbling this war, and that Mr. Bush bumbled this debate, you are only making it easier for me to start seriously considering voting for Mr. Kerry. At least he is willing to face the facts — and this will give us a chance for victory in Iraq and security at home. br> — John Sheehan br> Mill Valley, California /p> p>