Letter To Senators Lieberman, Clinton, and Nelson

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Anyone can understand your desire to keep Iraq stable. It is our moral obligation. Still, we currently have 160,000 troops there, which is an unnecessary amount needed to conduct counter-terrorism operations and to train Iraqi forces. Special Operations is better suited for the job. Additionally, 160,000 is not enough to maintain after-action security for extended periods. Now, leaders are discussing a slow withdrawal to keep from destabilizing Iraq. The truth is that leaders must weigh endangering our troops by slowly diminishing its ability to protect itself in opposition to a rapid and potentially destabilizing withdrawal. Iraq, however, is prone to destabilization whether we stay or leave because we never started with enough troops. Not only is it in our troops' best interest, but it is in the American interest, to bring this Iraq war to as swift an end as possible. Thank you.