Says she’s had enough of
the Iraq war

The controversies over Iraq war and its aftermath continue to intensify. The recent report from the administration—declaring that no weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq—and the debate about the White House request for $87 billion to rebuild the war-torn nation, have only served to raise more questions about the competency of the Bush presidency.

It now appears that the Bush administration’s four-month hunt for Iraq’s weapons has come up empty. And empty is what U. S. tax coffers will be if we shell out the $87 billion requested by the administration for rebuilding Iraq. Who will be held accountable for this mess?

The U. S. rushed to war on Iraq—alienating much of the rest of the world and putting our troops in harm’s way—because the president claimed there was

". . . no doubt that the Iraq regime continues to possess some of the most lethal weapons ever devised."

Calling the (David) Kay Report "preliminary" can’t hide the fact that no weapons have been found or are likely to be found. Either Mr. Bush was misleading the public or someone was misleading him.

Someone should be held accountable for the tragedy unfolding in Iraq and the draining of our resources at home. The president should dismiss his national security team. And in November 2004 the country should clean house—the White House.

Adrienne Kligman

Thousand Oaks