Obama-LetterJeffa09

Jeff ******* 141 Hope Hill Rd Wallingford, Ct 06924 September 1, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:  Congratulations on recently succeeding in your quest for the office of President. This is a very prestigious honor and I’m sure you are glad that all of your hard work over the last couple years has finally paid off. With your extremely busy schedule as the new leader of our great nation, I’ll get straight to the point.  I’m writing to you because I think that you need to address the issues of our nation immediately. I believe that the most important issue facing our country today is the situation we are in with the war in Iraq. I know that you said that we need to pull out of Iraq and fully agree with that, yet the time table in which we do so is unimaginably vital.  We cannot just pack up and leave, as we need to finish what we started there. Whether going there or not was the correct decision, we are there now and must make the best of it as to not make the deaths of thousands of young American men and women useless or unimportant. I believe that we should pull out slowly and make sure that our soldiers as well as the people of Iraq are both kept safe to the best of our ability.  After we have fully evacuated from Iraq, we should also maintain a close eye on the country, to ensure that everything is going smoothly. Once we have all of our soldiers out of Iraq, a domino effect of good fortune will fall into place. In the aftermath of the Iraq war, our soldiers will get a huge moral boost. They will get a slight break from constantly worrying if they are safe at night or if they will be bombed. Also, they will be re-energized by getting to see their families after such a long absence from doing so.  Another benefit of pulling out of Iraq will be its positive effect on many of the other issues we face. Our economy will begin to rise, giving us more money to work with and start paying off some of our incredibly immense debt. With that money we could help out the environment, and by doing that global warming can be prevented and potentially solved. In addition to that, we will have more money to spend on our upcoming generations, and help out all areas of education. This will have positive effects on our children, and also help us to teach them to make better decisions in their futures, while preventing them from falling into the same bad situations we have. Also, they will possibly avoid many of the current issues we have today. As you can see, if we are to pull out of Iraq, there will be numerous positive effects for our country.  I thank you for listening to my point of view, and hopefully you will take it into consideration in your important decisions for both mine and your nation. I once again congratulate you on your recent employment in office, and I hope you lead our nation in a positive direction in the following four years.  Sincerely,   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Jeff *******