Bush has victory plan for Iraq

To the editor:President Bush has a clear plan for victory in Iraq that begins with training Iraqi forces so they can defend their country and fight the terrorists. We are making tremendous progress toward this objective. Withdrawing from Iraq, as Democrats in Washington propose, would send a dangerous signal to our enemies that we cut and run when the going gets tough. President Bush is offering a clear strategy to win, not a political quick fix.

This plan the Democrats are proposing is a slow-bleed strategy, and I like how the Democrats say we want out of this war, I think it's funny, but they want to withdraw in 15 months or something around that time frame. If they want out, and if it's the wrong war, why waste time? Pull out now and stop the funding. No. they don't want to do that. They just want to make President Bush out to be an idiot. I don't think they know what they want. I think they have double standards and want in the spotlight, I think they want to oppose the president on this matter, and all other matters, because they want power and publicity.

I love how the Democrats propose a bill with all that pork-barrel spending and a cut-and-bleed strategy. They are not sure what they want, The president has stuck to his guns, and he knows what he wants. That's why we need to back him in this troubled time. That's why I am asking you to support him.

JOSHUA R. SPEAKMAN, Bell City, Mo.