Due to an editing error, an earlier version of this letter incorrectly described the writer's work for the U.S. Agency for International Development-Iraq Mission. Arthur Mitchell was hired as a consultant by a Washington firm to prepare an environmental report for the mission; he was not in Iraq. An editing error also made unclear Mr. Mitchell's views on Afghanistan; he supported the original intervention but opposes an increased troop presence there now.
Too Early To Forget War in Iraq
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I am an environmental consultant on assignment for the USAID-Iraq Mission. I have read The Post for more than 45 years and recently returned to the area.
I am quite disturbed by The Post's coverage of the Iraq war. On Sept. 29, there was one news story on Page A13; on Sept. 30, a single article was buried on Page A16. There was nothing on Oct. 1 and 4 (a Sunday).
Given the extraordinary cost in diverted resources, lives and loved ones left behind from this ill-advised and seemingly intractable war, it is reasonable to expect that The Post would at least have daily updates on the front page (e.g., number of American and coalition lives lost, number of Iraqi lives lost, cost of the war). Instead, it would appear that The Post is preparing us to accept another intervention, this time with Iran.
The Post also seems to be softening the blow of the likelihood of an additional troop presence in Afghanistan, another ill-advised intervention at this level. I ask The Post to report more on the Iraq War, one of the most pressing issues facing Americans.
-- Arthur Mitchell
Fairfax
