Congressman Dan Burton, R-Indiana, sent a letter Thursday to President Bush asking him to address the public about his threat to veto any act that provides for a timetable to withdraw troops from Iraq.
Rep. Burton, a conservative Republican from Indiana, expressed support for the president’s veto threat, but pressed him to explain the decision to the American public during a prime-time address.
“I believe that I speak for the vast majority of Republicans in Congress,” Burton wrote, “when we say that only you can make the American people understand as well.”
Burton continued by urging Bush to “have a frank and forceful heart-to-heart discussion with America,” about Iraq.
The American public needs to know why the President is going to veto the bill, however it will not impact his approval ratings. The President deserves credit for being steadfast on his position towards Iraq, many politicians would crumble to help the numbers but Bush is not. Maybe that is not the smart thing to do, however people don’t realize the magnitude the issue of setting a date for withdrawal would be. It would create a hiatus in violence in Iraq till we left and then an all out civil war would break out or worse violence would increase and more American soldiers would be lost.
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