Top GOP Lawmaker: War 'A Mistake'

Top GOP Lawmaker: War 'A Mistake'

To:Rep. Randy Neugebauer & Charlie Stenholm
August 19, 2004

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Top GOP Lawmaker: War 'A Mistake'
LINCOLN, Nebraska, August 18, 2004

“ (AP) A top Republican congressman has broken from his party in the final days of his career in the House of Representatives, saying he believes the U.S. military assault on Iraq was unjustified and the situation there has deteriorated into "a dangerous, costly mess."

"I've reached the conclusion, retrospectively, now that the inadequate intelligence and faulty conclusions are being revealed, that all things being considered, it was a mistake to launch that military action," Rep. Doug Bereuter wrote in a letter to his constituents.
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"From the beginning of the conflict, it was doubtful that we for long would be seen as liberators, but instead increasingly as an occupying force," he said. "Now we are immersed in a dangerous, costly mess, and there is no easy and quick way to end our responsibilities in Iraq without creating bigger future problems in the region and, in general, in the Muslim world."

Bereuter said as a result of the war, "our country's reputation around the world has never been lower and our alliances are weakened." ”

source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/18/politics/main636799.shtml

Brownwood , TX

source: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/bio/userletter/?id=141060&letter_id=105101811