Bush proves anyone can be prez

To the editor:

Chad Craft posed the question, "What exactly have the war protesters been right about?"

I assume Craft is referring to those protesting the Iraq invasion, since this part of the so-called war on terror has been the focus of most of the protest. The question is difficult to answer. The U.S. public has been treated to a succession of rationales, and the investigations into the truth of each of which have yielded underwhelming results. The only one of these which has stood up under scrutiny is the one which goes, "Well, I certainly wouldn't allow Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti into my country club."

The problem is that the same thing could be said about many world leaders, including those of Saudi Arabia, the cradle of the nice chaps who kamikazed the World Trade Center. To be sure, some of the war protesters are wrong about some things, but their errors are harmless errors, unlike the extremely lethal errors, the unrepented errors, of the stiff-necked Bush clique and those, like Craft, who roll logs for them.

As to Craft's opinion, that anti-war sentiment is really a reflection of anti-Bush sentiment, I must own up to an admiration for President Bush. He has really made history. Never before has a man of his abilities attained such an exalted position. It can now be truly said: Anyone can aspire to be president.

DONN S. MILLER, Tamms, Ill.