http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/opinion/letters/05022004.html

Iraq will become the curse of neo-cons

We see the coffins of brave young men returning from a fool's mission. They have lost the war, and so have we all. Yes, there will be the occasional victories, but none will compensate for the loss of the American soul.

In those beleagued towns the Arab defenders are kindred spirits to Crockett, Bowie, and those other legendary defenders of the Alamo against superior forces; they are the fictional Hans Solo and Luke Skywalker against the Tyrannical Empire of Darth Vader; the heroes of Bataan against the Japanese. No longer the defenders of the weak,Americans are now brutes who have gone from liberating Europe to becoming a hated force of occupation in Iraq. And I fear this is not the end of the madness.

George Bush and the pro Israeli neo-conservatives have brought America down a road from which there might not be any return. This will be their legacy -- and our curse.

John Dente, Wilmington