Pat Lambert of Yelm, Washington, believes in democracy.  She wrote in the February 21 Seattle Times, "How can anyone believe that a congressional resolution opposing escalation would undermine the morale of troops when a Stars and Stripes poll shows 72 percent of the soldiers there say, `Get us out of here by the end of the year'?"

Sue Griswold of Mill Creek, Washington, in a letter to the editors in the same paper that same day, put it this way:

"So for 23 more months, we are supposed to stand by: try to retrieve and revive our civil rights, the laws passed by Congress, the integrity of our judicial system, the best part of our national character, our social safety net, the strength of our military, and piece of our children's future as they float by face down."

Ms. Griswold continued her powerful letter, praising a Washington state senator along with the group of nine calling for an impeachment investigation of both George Bush and Dick Cheney.