Mary Garvey,

I do sent out the best wishes for all of our young people who were forced into this war. I pray they will come home now.
Iraq was a misjudgement at best and a crime at worst.
I am saddened by the continued subjection of our young men and women to this cruel pursuit which will unfortunately not end in democracy for Iraq. You can't force elections on a country that has no history of democracy and it will never be done through military occupation. The argument by some politicians is that if the US were to leave now, there would be chaos. The problem is that there is more chaos there now than there was during the reign of the vicous Saddam.

I sincerely hope that those who are close to you over there are and will continue to be safe and sound.

Frank