Letter+To+ObamaJonA09

November 17, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, Congratulations on being elected president. I am glad that you won. I have been a supporter of you since you have been running. So has my whole family. Both of my parents voted for you. I think that you will do a great job as president and handling the problems that we face today. The most important issue that I think you should focus on is the war in Iraq. Many of our troops die each day over there. We have to stop that from happening. Also, we are spending way too much money on it. We are spending more money on our military than any other country in the world. We should be using that money for things like fixing our economy and education. I understand that the war in Iraq is a very complex thing and that we can’t just pull out over night. I understand that you want to immediately start pulling troops out and have them all out by 2011. But I think you should pull them out in larger groups so that we get them all out by 2010. The war has gone on long enough and we need to get out as soon as we possibly can. I personally think that what is happening with the Iraq government is not our problem. We need to be able to take care of ourselves before we can take care of another country. We shouldn’t even be there in the first place. I would like to thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope that you will consider my idea to get all troops out before 2011. I would like to wish you the best of luck as president of the United States and I am sure that you will do a great job.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Partesano