Dear President Obama: 12 March 2009
Having served my nation during three wars, 1942-1973, I would feel remiss
in not offering my concern on the wars in which we are engaged. Although
you are the man with the responsibility and have at your disposal info I don’t
have, I offer the following opinion:
I am adamantly against any further excursion into Afghanistan. The
Russians, even with their short supply lines, lost their hat and butts and after
nine years, left with their tails between their legs. Also, I see no reason for
staying in Iraq.
For some reason, the Christian world does not understand (not that I do)
the Muslim world and their constant battles between different sects of their
faith. We are considered Infidels, worthy only of bloody destruction.
Let’s pull out and let them have at each other. I don’t have the answer.
I don’t know if anyone has. I am just tired of seeing us waste our American
youth somewhere they don’t even want us, also not forgetting the financial
drain on our faltering economy.
Just because Democracy is good for us does not mean we have to force it
onto other nations. We are having enough trouble trying to make it work at
home.
Mr. President, I certainly hope and pray this seemingly never ending war will
not be your Waterloo. People are getting tired of war, even just ones, much
less fighting in an area for an idea the warring nations do not want to even
consider, "PEACE".
For What it is Worth!!!
Colonel Colin J. N. Chauret, USAF Retired Fighter Pilot
Universal City , TX 78148
[email protected]
About the Author: Colonel Colin J. N. Chauret, U.S. Air Force-Retired is a World War II/Korean War Veteran who could be called The Mustang Colonel. He flew over 700 hours in P-51 Mustangs. As a writer and veterans rights advocate he has sent out 106 articles to over 87,367 recipients. He has been published 47 times in the past five years in local newspapers, the Herald & Express-News. Colonel Chauret has been on radio in Alaska, Florida, and Canada as a guest commentator. His writing and commentary spans the political spectrum from a moderate to right of center viewpoint, but tends to be willing to listen to the left of center. His messages have been used on FOX, CNN and MSNBC by name.
The PBS Jim Lehrer Hour, John Kerry and Wesley Clark have used info provided by Colonel Chauret on former President G.W. Bush’s Texas Air National Guard duty. He has written pieces for the Nation and Time Magazines. His stand against torture practices and violations of the Geneva Convention have also been reported in British Newspapers. Colonel Chauret is a passionate opponent against how our government treats POWs and Detainees at GITMO and elsewhere. He has recently written aboutthe pros and cons of the current Obama administration. written assessments on the US National Debt, Social Security, Medicare and other Financial Problems inherited by the current President.
Readers are more than welcome to use the articles I’ve posted on Veterans Today, I’ve had to take a break from VT as Veterans Issues and Peace Activism Editor and staff writer due to personal medical reasons in our military family that take away too much time needed to properly express future stories or respond to readers in a timely manner.
My association with VT since its founding in 2004 has been a very rewarding experience for me.
Retired from both the Air Force and Civil Service. Went in the regular Army at 17 during Vietnam (1968), stayed in the Army Reserve to complete my eight year commitment in 1976. Served in Air Defense Artillery, and a Mechanized Infantry Division (4MID) at Fort Carson, Co. Used the GI Bill to go to college, worked full time at the VA, and non-scholarship Air Force 2-Year ROTC program for prior service military. Commissioned in the Air Force in 1977. Served as a Military Intelligence Officer from 1977 to 1994. Upon retirement I entered retail drugstore management training with Safeway Drugs Stores in California. Retail Sales Management was not my cup of tea, so I applied my former U.S. Civil Service status with the VA to get my foot in the door at the Justice Department, and later Department of the Navy retiring with disability from the Civil Service in 2000.
I’ve been with Veterans Today since the site originated. I’m now on the Editorial Board. I was also on the Editorial Board of Our Troops News Ladder another progressive leaning Veterans and Military Family news clearing house.
I remain married for over 45 years. I am both a Vietnam Era and Gulf War Veteran. I served on Okinawa and Fort Carson, Colorado during Vietnam and in the Office of the Air Force Inspector General at Norton AFB, CA during Desert Storm. I retired from the Air Force in 1994 having worked on the Air Staff and Defense Intelligence Agency at the Pentagon.
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