George W. Bush, in the duplicitous run-up to the invasion of Iraq, insulated himself, closed his mind and refused to meet with civic associations in his own land. Like an autocrat bent on plunging a country into war and occupation, knowingly on false pretenses, he deliberately deprived himself of the information that might have restrained his disastrous, messianic militarism. Disastrous, not to him and Dick Cheney, but to our country, soldiers, and economy, and to the devastated Iraqi people and their ravaged nation. -- Who would have thought last year that on assuming the presidency, that you would consider plunging deeper in to this quagmire without an exit strategy? - The deeper you plunge, the greater your rejection of the history of occupations fueling insurgencies in that region. --- The more you insulate yourself from contrary judgments to those you have been receiving from your inner councils. Our country, its people and innocent Afghan people will pay the price. -- George W. Bush, in the duplicitous run-up to the invasion of Iraq, insulated himself, closed his mind and refused to meet with civic associations in his own land. Like an autocrat bent on plunging a country into war and occupation, knowingly on false pretenses, he deliberately deprived himself of the information that might have restrained his disastrous, messianic militarism. Disastrous, not to him and Dick Cheney, but to our country, soldiers, and economy, and to the devastated Iraqi people and their ravaged nation. -- Who would have thought last year that on assuming the presidency, that you would consider plunging deeper in to this quagmire without an exit strategy? - The deeper you plunge, the greater your rejection of the history of occupations fueling insurgencies in that region. --- The more you insulate yourself from contrary judgments to those you have been receiving from your inner councils. Our country, its people and innocent Afghan people will pay the price. -- You owe the American people an un-Bush-like explanation. - Why are you not receiving these groups of American from varied backgrounds and experience at the White House on this pending Afghan decision? - They may wonder, by contrast, why you have so many White House meetings with major corporate CEOs from Wall Street, from the health insurance companies and the drug companies. - Is not the White House the peoples' House? - Along with many other citizens in our country, I look forward to your response.