Letter+to+Obamalaurena09

Lauren Moscato 40 Clearview Dr. Wallingford, CT 06492 November 15, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

Congratulations on winning the 2008 presidential election. I believe your view on some of the issues are truly the best way to solve them. While you are in office I'm sure our country will be benifited. I had been following the election and noticed how different each of the plans for the war in Iraq have been. I am writing because the war in Iraq has been an extensive issue in our country since around 2002. The war has affected all of the citizens of this country. If it is not directly, like a family member in the armed forces, than it is the gas prices or anything else. There would be many problems with both leaving all at once and staying overseas for too long. Your plan for pulling out of the war gradually, to me, sounds like the most beneficial choice for our country and their's. If we were to leave Iraq immediately, just short of overnight, we would be subject to potential attacks and other issues. Also what about all the money we are spending right now? What would that have been for? Iraq needs to know that our military will only leave when we know it is safe. If we leave so soon we cannot be sure that our and their country is safe. We need to finish up the war as quickly as possible, with the country's safety in mind. On the other hand if we leave the troops in Iraq too long we will be spending more billions of dollars, money we don't even have right now. Our country can not afford to pay for the war more than is necessary. Our economy is struggling and if we end the war we will have more money for things like education and research for cleaner energy resources. Besides financial issues, the number of troops who have given their lives is tremendous. Over 4,000 troops are now deceased. More than anything wee need to stop the war for the troops and their families. If our country is pulled out of this war slowly and gradually, we all will have benefited. Our national deficit will hopefully decrease and our citizens will be safe. 16 Months is just enough time to secure Iraq and make sure our country is safe. It is not too much either in the fact that we will put too many lives at stake or drastically increase our overall debt. Thank you for taking your time to read my letter. I commend you on all of your work and once again, congratulate you on all of your success with the election.

Sincerely,

Lauren Moscato