Letter: She supports Sheehan

Published Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Editor: The writer of a letter titled "Question for Sheehan" on Oct. 8 is a bit uninformed, for he believes Saddam had WMDs and was responsible for the 9-11 attack on the World Trade Center.

Sir, please allow me to inform you that the above beliefs are not true. In fact, the president of the U.S. lied to the government leaders and citizens, knowing full well there were no WMDs in Iraq.

He pushed us into a war with Iraq where thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens have died, thousands of U.S. troops have experienced amputations and are maimed for life, and almost 2,000 U.S. troops have died; all because of a lie.

I respectfully suggest that to become informed, one must be willing to read a variety of newspapers, books and articles.

And, for goodness sake, don't watch Fox TV news.

Sadly, another 9-11 might occur. No one knows when or where.

An AOL poll seems rather insipid when it asks if one would want to work at the top of the Empire State Building or ride on the NYC subway. How utterly inane!

There are many places in the U.S. that are not as secure as you would like to believe.

Moreover, as recently witnessed in the Gulf states, the Northeast U.S., Pakistan and Guatemala, there are natural disaster that could destroy lives and entire cities!

I support Cindy Sheehan and other anti-war protesters because we know the Iraq war was built on lies and should not have occurred.

It should end now, and we should immediately bring our troops home.

Once each month I proudly protest this war in downtown St. Augustine while Cindy Sheehan and millions of others protest the war in their towns across our beloved country. Peace!

Carol Enge Scott

Palm Coast