Joyce Melton

When Bush vetoes any bill designed to cut short the US involvement in the conflict in Iraq, someone in the media needs to ask Bush a few questions.

1. Sir, are the Iraqi people better off now than they were four years ago?ÂÂÂ

Bush will likely say yes, because they are not living in a dictatorship run by Saddam Hussein. Opening the way for the next question:

2. Mr. President, do more Iraqi children today have the security to enjoy housing, food, clean water, medical care and live parents than four years ago?

He's not going to answer that one, not really, but someone needs to ask it. Whoever asks won't get to ask him the third question in person, so someone else will have to pick up the ball.

3. Sir, would America and the Iraqi people ben better off today had more than 3000 American and Allied soldiers, sailors, pilots and marines not died to save the Iraqis?

Here's one more someone can ask when Bush's people let them come back from Siberia (exile from being allowed to ask the president questions):

4. Mr. President, what specific, measurable and unequivocal goals do you hope to achieve in Iraq by spending more American lives fighting a war you have already lost by your mismanagement?

Can anyone in media ask such hard questions? I sure hope so.

- Joyce Melton