The U.S. has won the war but lost the peace. We note our commanding general has resigned his position and retired. We have let three warlords with their private armies take control of Afghanistan, other than the capital, to raise their poppies again and resume the drug business.

In Iraq, we won the war in record time but again lost control of the country with our troops standing around watching looters take charge.

We have discovered millions of American dollars hidden by Saddam. And now they stop millions of dollars worth of gold bars being taken out of the country.

Why not use that money to start a WPA program and hire all those lawless men to rebuild the country and pay them from Saddam's money we have found?

Harry Stewart

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