Pushing for war is cynical scheme to distract voters

To the editor:

President Bush has yet to demonstrate the urgency for invading Iraq. He should follow his father's example and wait till after the November elections before pressing his case to the Congress. That way he could prevent his critics from claiming that pushing this issue now, while neglecting all others, is merely an insidiously cynical maneuver to distract the voters from the failing economy represented by the Enron and WorldCom scandals, Vice President Cheney's term at Halliburton and Bush's insider trading as CEO of Harken Oil, which left him wealthy while the company went bankrupt.

PAUL ZMOLEK

Cape Girardeau