Bush's fantasizing that his Iraq War is like World War Two prompted John H. Corbin of Pleasantville, New York to write a Letter to the Editors of The New York Times and put the Iraq War in clear perspective.

Corbin's September 8, 2006 letter takes issue with a column by Thomas Friedman where Friedman insisted invading Iraq was the correct thing to do.  Corbin disagrees:  "He (Friedman) calls it an effort to build a tolerant, pluralistic, democratizing society in the heart of the Arab-Muslin world."  

Then Corbin asks the burning question:  "Wasn't it really a nakedly aggressive pre-emptive strike that went against international law and American tradition?  How can anything good come from such a morally flawed beginning?"

Another Letter to the Times' Editors dated September 8, 2006 lashed out at the moral bankruptcy of the Bush Administration.  James O. Chamberlain of Forest Hills, Queens put it this way: