Thank you, President Obama, for 'MONTHS OF FIGHTING' to get the truth released to the public

[rhett o rick]

56. I believe that the invasion of Iraq was illegal and a violation of US law and International Law.

I believe that this illegal act of aggression against a sovereign nation is a war crime. I believe that atrocities were committed by our troops acting in our behalf that would be considered war crimes. I believe that an inquiry would reveal these war crimes along with torture. We, as a nation, will not heal this wound by simply trying to minimize it and/or denying it.

I consider repeated attempts to minimize our involvement to clear our consciences or justify Pres Obama's refusal to appropriately acknowledge what we did, a sad statement for our nation. At a minimum, as a US citizen, I want an honest inquiry and an apology to our troops, our veterans, our citizens, our allies, the world, and not least the people of Iraq.

We know approx the numbers of dead, wounded, and displaced, but we don't hear about how much damage we did to the Iraq nation. We totally destroyed their infrastructure and any hope of them becoming democratic. We (I mean the international oil companies) ended up with their oil.

Now some may try to rationalize and minimize what I am saying by explaining that it's not technically illegal in this way or that. Well go for it. After all for some, rationalization is the key to happiness.