First Draft

Letter to the Editor

To Whom It May Concern:

In regards to the article “Real wars and the U.S. culture war; Globalist” by Roger Cohen released on September 8, 2008, I believe that you have brilliantly spoken for thousands, possibly millions of Americans that believe the same thing. Many believe that the war in the Middle East is nothing but a cultural war, as you stated, began by the Bush administration. However, I would have to disagree with you on the policies on the war presented to the people by the presidential candidates.

You seem to be completely against both policies. I applaud you for the evidence you present for your argument because it does affect NATO, it does affect other countries besides ourselves, and we are dealing with Al Qaeda in countries like Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. However, you make wild assumptions on each of the policies for the future. You predict that with McCain’s policy we will be in the war for about another thirty years. You criticize Obama for wanting to end the war diplomatically with the hostile conditions in all of the countries mentioned. And you criticize both of the policies because, according to you, they do not take in account all of the obstacles that could occur while trying to put these policies into action.

First off, meaning no disrespect, but you have no experience in the field to criticize policies of that sort. Your field is in writing about international events not national policy and especially not war matters. Yes, the article is an opinion, but it seems that you are demanding that these policies be changed and a man with your stature could influence thousands possibly even millions of people. You cannot speak of something that you have no experience over.

You know plenty on events across the world, but that does not give you enough credibility to criticize policies like the one we speak of. That is why you should stick to your writing and leave the making of policies to the people responsible for it.



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