Dear President George W. "dubs" Bush...

I read a bit on your recent speech today, and with my simple liberal mind, would like to offer a rebuttal to some of the things you said:

"The stakes in the global war on terror are too high, and the national interest is too important, for politicians to throw out false charges.''

I agree that this is not a situation to throw out false charges. There is never a situation when false charges should be used. Let's face facts though. We did go to war in Iraq, where over 2,000 of our soldiers have been killed, countless others wounded, and over $200 billion spent. The reasons for going into this war, that of weapons of mass destruction (WMD's, the phrase that no one in the US had heard or used until the war began) and ties to terrorism, have been proven to be untrue. Any sane person who truly loves their country wants what is best for us.

We demand truth and honesty in our leadership. If the allegations are false, you being a rightious, moral, religious man, should have no fear in having all the information you received be held up to conjecture. If you know you did the right thing, and didn't do anything underhanded, lie, or only submitted partial information, you will be proven correct. To fight against the investigation like you seem to be doing, only makes us think you are guilty.

"When I made the decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, Congress approved it with strong bipartisan support."

Yes, that our congress did. In turn, was the information that congress was presented with all the information you received, or just a small part? Did your administration withold information that proved the information congress received to be false?

"While it's perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began."

That is where you are very wrong. If we don't question the why we did it, when all that information was proven to be false, we will never learn from this mistake that you yourself led us into.

"These baseless attacks send the wrong signal to our troops and to an enemy that is questioning America's will."

What if these so called "baseless attacks" prove to be correct? That you did lead us into war under false reasons? There is evidence there, and it is being searched. You are the President, just another elected official. This isn't ancient egypt, where the ruling pharaoh was a god. You, are not my God. You are another mortal man, no different than me and everyone else who lives in this country. We as a people must stand up to our mistakes, as you too should stand up to yours.

Besides, you have said that you did no wrong, so why so defensive and so apprehensive about an investigation. Are you hiding something?