Before this current war with Iraq, we were told Saddam Hussein was building up “weapons of mass destruction.” In the news last winter, we were repeatedly warned about another Sept. 11, which in fact was perpetrated by Bin Laden – not Hussein. But comparisons were heavily thrown out to keep us stirred up about what could happen if he did get weapons ready.

It was told by the White House that with all the new technology, it could be a safer, quicker war. There were new accurate missiles, new surveillance and smart bombs. They said they had proof that we were in danger of an imminent attack.

Each time the president was on TV, he did a lot of posturing to go to war. I felt he wanted to go to war desperately. But I don’t feel he offered up factual evidence. Each time when asked, he refused to elaborate and appeared quite affronted. He asked people to trust him.

I feel we went to war without factual provocation. I now feel the president has severely damaged U.S. credibility with the world.

When you stand on national TV, saying we are going to war, the reasons why should be factual – not assumptions. The speech writers should be honest too. They sent our sons and daughters off to serve and die. And real people died in Iraq too. Now we are in a protracted entanglement, looking like the world’s bullies.

Sheila Richardson, Turner