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To the Editor:
Re “Welcome Political Cover” (editorial, Dec. 7):
Before The Times and the American people embrace the findings of the Iraq Study Group, the following should be seriously considered:
¶The conclusions do not reflect the results of the Nov. 7 election, which clearly gave our elected officials a mandate to get out of Iraq post-haste, nor do they honor the wishes of the American people reflected in the polls, which sent the same message.
¶The conclusions do not honor the wishes of the Iraqi people, who overwhelmingly support the end of the ill-conceived occupation of their country.
¶The conclusions do not reflect the views of much of the leadership of the Democratic Party, elected to the majority of both houses of Congress, which called for a phased redeployment of American troops outside of Iraq within six months.
While the media insist that the Iraq Study Group is nonpartisan (only to the extent that it is composed of five Republicans and five Democrats), the group did not pick up the mood of the country at all, nor did it adequately represent us in a supposedly representative democracy.
Dennis Dalrymple
New York, Dec. 7, 2006