Originally Posted 9.26.2007 7:44:41 AM
Dear Kay:
We have corresponded before in the past on Iraq and energy policy. Today I would like to ask you to be proactive on the Iranian situation.
I ask that you sponsor or support a resolution specifically prohibiting the use of U.S. Armed Forces or Corporate vendors to the US Government to take any military action against Iran without first receiving the advice and consent of the US Congress ie a declaration of war.
You know much more than I the serious debilitation of our ground forces caused by the near continuous combat tours. As a Vietnam vet I knew few two tour guys and almost no three tour soldiers. Today three combat tours is not unusual. It is beginning to have an effect on officer retention as well as recruiting. We do not need a third front.
But most important Iran is the most educated and moderate population in the Arab Middle east. They have been our allies in Afghanistan. The present president aside I believe moderate leadership can rise if nurtured. War is not the way to nurture such a change in leadership.
They are much less a threat to us today than China and Russia were in the cold war days. We did not get into a military conflict with them and yet we won. We must do the same with Iran.
Dear Kay:
We have corresponded before in the past on Iraq and energy policy. Today I would like to ask you to be proactive on the Iranian situation.
I ask that you sponsor or support a resolution specifically prohibiting the use of U.S. Armed Forces or Corporate vendors to the US Government to take any military action against Iran without first receiving the advice and consent of the US Congress ie a declaration of war.
You know much more than I the serious debilitation of our ground forces caused by the near continuous combat tours. As a Vietnam vet I knew few two tour guys and almost no three tour soldiers. Today three combat tours is not unusual. It is beginning to have an effect on officer retention as well as recruiting. We do not need a third front.
But most important Iran is the most educated and moderate population in the Arab Middle east. They have been our allies in Afghanistan. The present president aside I believe moderate leadership can rise if nurtured. War is not the way to nurture such a change in leadership.
They are much less a threat to us today than China and Russia were in the cold war days. We did not get into a military conflict with them and yet we won. We must do the same with Iran.
Sincerely,
Dana C. Frandsen Jr.
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