As the mother of a soldier serving in Iraq, “Iraq: What Went Right,” (Ralph Peters, PostOpinion, Nov. 21) gives me some comfort to know that things have improved substantially.
I would like to see more journalists communicate to the public what an excellent job our armed forces have been doing in Iraq.
More articles like this would boost support for our troops and for our nation’s resolve.
Yvette Bass
Rego Park
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Once again, Ralph Peters, under the guise of praising the brave men and women serving our country, has used his column to advance the argument that those who dare to speak out against President Bush’s war are guilty of treason against America.
By continuing to print this bile, The Post does a great disservice to those who wear the uniform of our nation. While they are overseas fighting for our freedoms, Peters is using his column to shout down those who exercise their right to free speech by criticizing the policies of our president – characterizing them, for example, as “blithe traitors.”
I thank God that I live in the United States of America, where freedom of speech is still sacred, and I thank our brave troops for safeguarding this precious freedom, along with so many others, each and every day.
James Hinckley
Richmond, Va.
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“Iraq: What Went Right” is a journalistic jewel, and I am thankful that I read The Post and have Peters to tell us in truthful language about the situation in Iraq.
I only wish everyone in America could read this article.
Nick Boostra
Poughkeepsie
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Peters’ enlightened report on the way things in Iraq really are brightened my reason for living.
God bless Bush and Peters. We certainly could have used Peters’ truth and fervor in Vietnam.
Charles Salisbury
Bellport
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After an illegal war of naked aggression based on lies, thousands of dead and wounded Americans, millions of displaced or dead Iraqis, a war cost to America alone to exceed $1 trillion, a corrupt puppet government that could fall as soon as we leave, finally something went right?
Let us all hope so, but I have little faith in that idea.
Lyle Sykora
Lanark, Ill.
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At this Thanksgiving time, Peters reminded us of another blessing to be grateful for – our courageous and unselfish military.
God bless them all.
Maureen Waite
Lake Mary, Fla.
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Peters misses a crucial reason for the shift to continued progress in Iraq: the American deliberative process and the anti-war voices.
The growing resistance to our presence in Iraq crystallized around the continued failures of the administration’s stratagem and manifested in the loss of the Congress in midterm elections.
This rebuke led directly to the revised approach to the war, the removal of Rumsfeld and his inept influence, the surge and Gen. David Petraeus.
Additionally, the shift of support from the Iraqis away from the terrorists and militias was sharply influenced by the rising threat of the withdrawal of our troops due to these voices.
In the debate, the troops and our future interests in Iraq were well served.
God bless our troops and the American process.
Robert Leiter
Manhattan