An Open Letter to the
An Open Letter to the Members of Congress/ “The case against the war is simple, clear and strong. The Administration calls it a chapter in the war on terror, but Iraq has no demonstrated ties either to the September 11 attack on the United States or to the Al Qaeda network that launched it. The aim of the war is to deprive President Saddam Hussein of weapons of mass destruction, but the extent of his program for building these weapons, if it still exists, is murky. Still less clear is any intention on his part to use such weapons. To do so would be suicide, as he well knows. Democratic Representative Anna Eshoo of California has reported that in closed session Administration officials have been asked several times whether they have evidence of an imminent threat from Saddam against the United States and have answered no. She elaborated, “Not ‘no, but’ or ‘maybe,’ but ‘no.’” On the other hand, if he does have them, and faces his overthrow and possible death at the hands of US forces, he might well use them–or, more likely, give them to terrorist groups to use after his fall. He may be doing so even now.”