This letter was published in the Toronto Sun, today. It's from Nicole Gabrielle whose father, Richard Gabrielle died at New York's Trade Center.
"My father was killed on Sept/11/01, when I was 23 years old. I've been quiet for nearly three years, but now I am so offended, I can no longer be silent.
As we approach the November election, I can't help but reflect on what kind of world my father would have wished for me. Honestly, I cannot imagine a world where my father would have ever wished for four years more of George W. Bush. The admininistration has done more harm to our nation than most of us can bear to acknowledge.
We are at war with Iraq based on false intelligence. We had a half-hearted attack on Afghanistan and never did find Osama bin Laden, my father's alleged killer, dead or alive.
Every day, in my father's name, American soldiers and innocent Iraqi citizens die based on the faulty intelligence regarding Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. How long will these deaths pile up before the U.S. learns from its history that Iraq is becoming another Korea or Vietnam?
We have squandered the sympathy and compassion that were showered upon us by people all around the world immediately after 9/11. We should have used that precious opportunity to work together with other nations for peace.
Instead, we have chosen the path of war. I feel constantly overwhelmed with the lies, the media manipulation, the threats, the fear.
Fear is being used as a weapon. Americans are being manipulated. And now, most of us are too scared to say anything about it.
We should not be so complacent as to allow the status quo to continue because they tell us how safe we are....because we are not safe.
I am only one person and I feel weak screaming alone. It is only when we are united in our mission for truth and change that we will have the strength in numbers to help turn this great country around.
Don't listen to the rhetoric. We owe it to my father and to nearly 3,000 others who were murdered on that warm, sunny morning in September of 2001."
Posted by qualteam
at 5:18 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, 10 September 2004 5:34 PM EDT