Congressman Pens Book About Iraq War Regrets
North Carolina Republican Walter Jones’ conscience is really bothering him! Back in 2002, he enthusiastically voted for and supported Bush’s call to invade Iraq. Not only that, he also ridiculed France for not supporting the U.S. effort. Remember “Freedom Fries?” Jones and fellow Republican Bob Ney waged a successful campaign to have “French Fries” renamed “Freedom Fries” on all the House cafeteria menus. But that all changed when he attended a funeral for a young sergeant killed in Iraq and listened to the fallen soldier’s last letter to his family which was read at the service. Jones began to write his own letters to the families of those killed in Iraq and came to strongly regret his 2002 vote.
Now Jones is writing a book called “My Daddy’s Not Dead Yet” as he ponders yet another vote on another war, he will soon have to cast. Jones talked to George C. Wilson who wrote a very moving article for Congressdaily.com called “Atonement.” In his article Wilson explains how Jones chose the title for his book…>>>