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Wise counsel, Dr. Kramer.

p>So let it be written, so let it be done! br> -- Mike Showalter br> Austin, Texas /p> p> NOT AGAIN br> Re: Peter Hannaford's The Great American Bug-Out : /p>

Peter Hannaford again recites the familiar Bush litany of reasons to persist in the misbegotten Iraq war. He seems to believe that some indefinite period of occupation will result in "a semblance of stability in Iraq." What a pipe dream!

I'm really tired of having such nonsense replayed over and over. It was a fool's errand to presume to grow a democratic nation there, and now we're stuck. I agree that the Democratic Party is making political hay on the issue, but the reality is that overthrowing Saddam was stupid, arrogant and shortsighted beyond imagination. President Bush must expect to reap such fruit from his action.

p>There is no good ending available for this tragedy. I can only hope that Republicans and Democrats will unite (as they have, for example, to bust the budget and trash the Bill of Rights) to keep the President on a very, very short leash when he makes warlike noises about Iran.

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