Letter sent a year ago to the Democratic National Committee, objecting to the Party’s failure to produce any policy recommendations for the Disaster in Iraq

Letter to DNCC Monday, July 31, 2006 9:38 PM

I was looking at the ridiculously vague and generalized policy positions in your platform, and I thought I might suggest adopting a position on the most salient issue of our time, the Iraq War. No wonder the general populace continues to perceive this Party as incapable of effectively leading when you cannot even address the Iraqi War, choosing to, instead, leave any mention of the conflict conspicuously absent. I realize that there is contention within the Party regarding this issue, which I suspect to be the ultimate result of the career politicians in the Party who thought it in their professional interests to support this absurd exercise in imperial adventurism. However, I still think it would be less damaging to at least address the subject by acknowledging the lack of consensus within the Party regarding the appropriate course of action. Then, you might even invite debate among the people whom you are suppose to be representing. Discuss the complexities of the problematic in detail and, at the very minimum, appear as though you are attempting to form a resolution to this disagreement that will hopefully be amenable to all parties involved.

R Cole