Please critique/comment on my potential LTTE on Iran

[NewJeffCT]

In one of President Bush's more famous of his many verbal gaffes, he said, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice – won't get fooled again." It looks like the neoconservatives that promoted the invasion of Iraq are at it trying to fool America a second time. In 2002 and 2003, the father of the neoconservative movement, Bill Kristol, relentlessly advocated the invasion of Iraq. Kristol, who dodged the Vietnam War and counts Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz among his disciples, even said it would be easy because the Iraqi people would welcome us and wanted Saddam out. We all know how welcoming Iraq has been to our soldiers. Now, Kristol is out there saying almost the exact same things on Iran as he did on Iraq three and four years ago, on how it would be a cakewalk and that the people of Iran would welcome our soldiers. We should remember you cannot spell conservative with out the word "con," and shame on us if we believe Kristol and his followers.

[Delphinus]

1. How about ...

In one of President Bush's more famous verbal gaffes, he said, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice - won't get fooled again." Here it is, four years later, and it looks like the neoconservatives that promoted (and advocated for) the invasion of Iraq are trying to fool Americans a second time.

In 2002 and 2003, the father of the neoconservative movement, Bill Kristol, relentlessly advocated the invasion of Iraq. Kristol, who dodged the Vietnam War and counts Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz among his disciples, even said it would be easy because the Iraqi people would welcome us and wanted Saddam out. All we have to do is look at Iraq today and see how welcoming Iraq has been to our soldiers. Kristol is out there, right now, saying almost the exact same things on Iran as he did on Iraq, on how it would be a cakewalk and that the people of Iran would welcome our soldiers.

We need to remember one can't spell conservative without the word "con" and shame on us if we believe Kristol and his followers.

Personally, I think you need a stronger ending that "shame on us if we believe Kristol and his followers." Perhaps follow it up with what you envision a war with Iran being for the world or the US.

[H2O Man]

2. Good letter.

I would suggest that you consider changing the "conservative" in your last sentence to "neoconservative." There are many, many conservatives who do not believe in the neoconservatives' policies in the Middle East. One might question if it is our national interests the neoconservatives are attempting to advance.

[coalition_unwilling]

3. You might want to add words along the following lines:

Regardless of such neo-con flim-flammery, attacking and\or invading Iran will make the Iraqi excursion look like a cakewalk. Iran's army has 1,000,000 troops and Iran has a trained cadre of 40,000 martyrdom operatives, aka, suicide bombers, available for deployment against U.S. and allied assets anywhere in the region.

[blonndee]

4. One suggestion:

I would write "the neoconservatives WHO" and not "that."