President George W. Bush wanted a free election for the Palestinians. They had their election and Hamas won by a large margin, but Bush wanted the other party to win, so he will not accept the Hamas victory. He should have sent the people who counted the votes in Florida and the judges who wouldn’t allow a recount.

Give the Hamas a try at governing.

In regard to Vice President Dick Cheney’s shooting incident, he said he feels terrible thinking of his buddy being shot. Well, now he knows how our soldiers feel seeing their buddies blown apart daily.

The only weapons of mass destruction are those of Dick Cheney.

The U.S. must get our big oil companies out of Iraq before withdrawing the troops. Turn the oil wells back to the Iraqi people. They need the money to rebuild their country instead of the big oil companies taking it.

After the oil companies are out of Iraq, we can start bringing our troops home.

Isn’t that what the war is all about – big oil? The Iraqi people should be hired to rebuild their own country, instead of hiring our contractors who work for much higher wages. The Iraqi people would be happy to work for much less, saving the American taxpayers a lot of money.

Curtis Smith, Strong