Letter: Decision to attack Iraq worst blunder

Friday, June 2, 2006 | 7:18 a.m.

In response to F. Jay Harrell's May 29 letter - "How many wake-up calls do we need?" - Mr. Harrell said that a previous letter writer, Phil Ventura, had missed the point. But Mr. Ventura was exactly right when he said Iraq was not a threat to the U.S. or to our freedoms.

We now have less freedoms because of the war in Iraq, and it has done untold damage to the U.S. I agree we have to go after the terrorists, but for Mr. Harrell's information, there were no terrorists in Iraq until we invaded that country, and because of the war we have helped al-Qaida recruit more terrorists. If Bush hadn't fallen asleep on the job and had paid attention to the warnings of the FBI, 9/11 probably wouldn't have happened. Bush and Cheney were planning the invasion of Iraq before 9/11 ever happened. Why? For oil?

Because of Bush, more than 20,000 young Americans are dead or wounded for nothing. I do not understand how any American can defend what he has done to our great country. As retired Gen. William Odom said, Bush's decision to attack Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder in the history of our country.

Chuck Godman, Las Vegas