Re: Sam Hackett’s Nov. 29 letter, “Never, ever surrender�:
According to Mr. Hackett, anyone who is against the Iraqi war, or, as he puts it, “surrenders,� is a traitor. I don’t know why he considers withdrawing from Iraq surrendering, since President Bush already declared “mission accomplished� years ago.
Personally, I consider it to be treasonous to lie to Americans about weapons of mass destruction and Iraqi-al-Qaida connections in order to wage a war, without a plan for peace, against a country that did nothing to us.
I think it is traitorous to send U.S. troops into war without proper armor.
I think we can all agree that any administration that would reveal the identity of a CIA agent, especially in a time of war, is certainly guilty of treason.
I also firmly believe that those who give their cronies no-bid contracts that profit obscenely off this war are traitors.
Lastly, I believe that it is not only treasonous to condone torture, but it is appallingly inhumane.
I could go on and on.
Mr. Hackett indicates that he is from the World War II age group. Everything I have been taught about this era has shown me that the people of this time are very patriotic, brave and highly moral. Without their sacrifices, our country could not have reached such heights. Mr. Hackett is truly from the greatest generation.
Unfortunately, our country has changed substantially from those days, and today it is in the hands of corporations and politicians that are driven by greed and profit instead of the desire to serve their country.
Mr. Hackett calls people like me traitors. I respect his right to have his opinion, but I would disagree. In turn, I would suggest that as a patriotic American, it is Mr. Hackett’s duty to fully educate himself as to the nature of this war and who the real traitors are.
— Fred Dixon, Ventura
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