<HTML>Monday, March 17th, 2003 > > George W. Bush > 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. > Washington, DC > > Dear Governor Bush: > > So today is what you call "the moment of truth," the day that "France and > the rest of world have to show their cards on the table." I'm glad to hear > that this day has finally arrived. Because, I gotta tell ya, having > survived 440 days of your lying and conniving, I wasn't sure if I could > take much more. So I'm glad to hear that today is Truth Day, 'cause I got a > few > truths I would like to share with you: > > 1. There is virtually NO ONE in America (talk radio nutters and Fox > News aside) who is gung-ho to go to war. Trust me on this one. Walk > out of the White House and on to any street in America and try to find > five people who are PASSIONATE about wanting to kill Iraqis. YOU > WON'T FIND THEM! Why? 'Cause NO Iraqis have ever come here and > killed any of us! No Iraqi has even threatened to do that. You see, this is > how we average Americans think: If a certain so-and-so is not > perceived as a threat to our lives, then, believe it or not, we don't want > to kill him! Funny how that works! > > 2. The majority of Americans -- the ones who never elected you -- are > not fooled by your weapons of mass distraction. We know what the real > issues are that affect our daily lives -- and none of them begin with I or > end in Q. Here's what threatens us: two and a half million jobs lost > since you took office, the stock market having become a cruel joke, no > one knowing if their retirement funds are going to be there, gas now > costs two dollars a gallon -- the list goes on and on. Bombing Iraq will > not make any of this go away. Only you need to go away for things to > improve. > > 3. As Bill Maher said last week, how bad do you have to suck to lose a > popularity contest with Saddam Hussein? The whole world is against > you, Mr. Bush. Count your fellow Americans among them. > > 4. The Pope has said this war is wrong, that it is a SIN. The Pope! But > even worse, the Dixie Chicks have now come out against you! How bad > does it have to get before you realize that you are an army of one on this > war? Of course, this is a war you personally won't have to fight. Just like > when you went AWOL while the poor were shipped to Vietnam in your > place. > > 5. Of the 535 members of Congress, only ONE (Sen. Johnson of South > Dakota) has an enlisted son or daughter in the armed forces! If you > really want to stand up for America, please send your twin daughters > over to Kuwait right now and let them don their chemical warfare suits. > And let's see every member of Congress with a child of military age > also sacrifice their kids for this war effort. What's that you say? You > don't THINK so? Well, hey, guess what -- we don't think so either! > > 6. Finally, we love France. Yes, they have pulled some royal screw-ups. > Yes, some of them can be pretty damn annoying. But have you > forgotten we wouldn't even have this country known as America if it > weren't for the French? That it was their help in the Revolutionary War > that won it for us? That it was France who gave us our Statue of Liberty, > a Frenchman who built the Chevrolet, and a pair of French brothers > who invented the movies? And now they are doing what only a good > friend can do -- tell you the truth about yourself, straight, no b.s. Quit > pissing on the French and thank them for getting it right for once. You > know, you really should have traveled more (like once) before you took > over. Your ignorance of the world has not only made you look stupid, it > has painted you into a corner you can't get out of. > > Well, cheer up -- there IS good news. If you do go through with this war, > more than likely it will be over soon because I'm guessing there aren't > a lot of Iraqis willing to lay down their lives to protect Saddam Hussein. > After you "win" the war, you will enjoy a huge bump in the popularity > polls as everyone loves a winner -- and who doesn't like to see a good > ass-whoopin' every now and then (especially when it 's some third > world ass!). And just like with Afghanistan, we'll forget about what > happens to a country after we bomb it 'cause that is just too complex! > So try your best to ride this victory all the way to next year's election. > Of course, that's still a long ways away, so we'll all get to have a good > hardy-har-har while we watch the economy sink even further down the > toilet! > > But, hey, who knows -- maybe you'll find Osama a few days before the > election! See, start thinking like THAT! Keep hope alive! Kill Iraqis -- > they got our oil!! > > Yours, > > Michael Moore > www.michaelmoore.com </HTML>