Dear Mr. President,

Two years have past since the September 11, 2001 attacks.Despite the endless news coverage of the events occurring two yearsago, and every repercussion since that time, we are still unsurewhere the country stands in its war on terrorism, the occupation ofIraq, the status of Osama bin Laden (and Saddam Hussein for thatmatter), and the growing debt and sluggish economy at home.

Where is the man bin Laden? Is he still roaming the AfghanistanMountains?

And what of our soldiers in Iraq? The “liberated”Iraqi people are growing tired of foreign occupation. Everyday moreAmerican troops are injured and dying. In fact, more lives havebeen lost in occupation than in the war itself. Perhaps we needsome help.

We decided to fight a war that was unpopular among our allies.Now that it is obvious that we can’t successfully continueoccupation alone. Do you think we should swallow our pride and askfor assistance?

Maybe the American people were not fully informed about therepercussions of invading a country, “liberating” thatcountry, and forever altering its way of life, government, andsociety as a whole. Tearing down a deeply ingrained fascist mindsetand ideology and replacing it with an American-inspired democraticsociety might take more than a few months. But that’s okay;we understand that the administration made a teensy-weensy mistakein underestimating a societal overhaul. We know you had the purestmotivations and the best interest of everyone involved in mind,right?

You have asked for 87 billion U.S. dollars to continue theeffort in Iraq. Apparently a war fought to ease American hearts andminds aching about 9/11 in a country that had nothing to do with9/11 is no longer hitting our hearts, but our pocketbooks. SuddenlyAmericans are asking for help and putting on the war machinebreaks.

The point is, Mr. President, we are hurting right now;we’re a little lean on the green if you know what I mean.Millions of jobs have been lost and we’re heading into arecord debt to top all national debts.

Does anyone feel safer than they did 24 months ago?