McCain would be the third Bush

A recent television documentary featured men who were in a Delta Force group that had bin Ladin trapped early in the search for him. They knew exactly where he was, had all exits sealed, there was no escape.

Part of the force helping seal the area were Pakistani troops. They reported, when they asked for permission to capture or kill bin Ladin, the Bush White House refused to authorize the action. Without permission, the mission went unfinished and the Pakistani troops went home. Bin Ladin escaped. Bush did not want bin Ladin captured or killed because he is the boogie man Bush and Cheney needed for fearmongering and grandstanding.

We are still hunting for bin Ladin today only because of a president that needed to keep bin Ladin alive to further his own purposes and those of his handlers and to begin taking away rights and freedoms from the American people.

Had Delta Force been allowed to do the job they were sent to do, would Americans have been lied to and tricked into going into Iraq? Might over 4,000 American military men and women be alive, and nearly 60,000 more not maimed if bin Ladin was dead?

This is the same George W. Bush whom McCain supports wholeheartedly. We cannot trust McCain to protect the best interest of America as he has been transformed into Bush the III by the Republican handlers to cater to the individual needs and ego of the 1% that holds 32% of the wealth. Can you see where we are headed if McCain wins? A two caste system. The death blow to the American dream.

Neil Hall

Prospect Heights