please critique my ltte Re: failures of the Bush Adm.

[w8liftinglady]

I didn't wish for the failure that was the Bush administration.
I didn't wish for lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction that led us to an unnecessary war,resulting in 4,228 deaths of American soldiers and 1,000,000 Iraqis.
I didn't wish for 4.5 million Iraqi orphans,including 500,000 homeless children.
I didn't wish for the neglect of our wounded soldiers that was exemplified by the Walter Reed scandal.
I didn't wish for the disregard of our Military by failing to equip and protect them as too few of them were sent to the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn't wish for the total disregard for the citizen-soldiers known as the National Guard to be rotated on multiple deployments to war zones,leaving our nation and their families in jeopardy.
I didn't wish for the shortchanging of our veterans by cutting services and raising fees for our veterans.
I didn't wish for the crumbling economy with poor oversight of investment banks by the SEC,1,000% increase in the deficit,and tax cuts in light of a war in 2 countries.
I didn't wish for a record number of homeowners to lose their homes due to mismanagement of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
I didn't wish for a complete disregard of the Constitution and law shown by the Bush administration ,as evidenced by one signing statement for every 10 laws passed-making these laws invalid.
I didn't wish for over 45 million Americans to be without health insurance,leaving a sicker population to be entering our emergency rooms for primary care.
I didn't wish for record high unemployment,decreases in consumer spending,and closures of businesses large and small as a direct result of the 2003 Tax Cuts proposed and passed by President Bush-to the objection of 10 Nobel Laureates in Economics.
I didn't wish for any of these,and yet they happened.
Now I hear people wishing for the failure of the Obama administration.Who would wish for the failure of their country?President Obama has a formidable task ahead of him.I pray he has the strength and foresight to create success out of the failures left for him.

[DrDan]

1. "lead" should be "led" in line 2

[w8liftinglady]

3. thank you...I hate looking like an idiot to my neighbors

:)

[DrDan]

2. you sure about 42,200 Iraqi deaths? I am pretty sure it is many many more than that

[w8liftinglady]

4. no.That is the only record I could find...on icasualties

correction-Iraq Body Count lists 98,000

[DrDan]

5. here is one estimate of a million

Over one million Iraqis have met violent deaths as a result of the 2003 invasion, according to a study conducted by the prestigious British polling group, Opinion Research Business (ORB).

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/1-over-one-million-iraqi-deaths-caused-by-us-occupation/

[w8liftinglady]

6. I have corrected my statement-thanks

[ColbertWatcher]

7. What's the intro? n/t

[w8liftinglady]

9. it's more of a list than a letter

responding to the ignorant fools in my paper who hope Obama fails miserably.

[ColbertWatcher]

10. You gotta start with something!

Even if it is just a variation of "why I'm doing this," or "I was looking back at all the horrors of the last eight years!"

[DrDan]

8. I think that link allows you to change the wording to something like

". . . unnecessary war,resulting in 4,228 deaths of American soldiers and and pehaps as many as a million Iraqis."

I think that is justified.