Letter to our Editor: Tulsa World

Letter to the Editor: Robot-like adherence. E.K. Sharp, Tulsa. When President Barack Obama announced that our armed forces will leave Iraq before year's end, Republican representatives in Congress denounced his decision as being premature and unwise. This latest denouncement follows a pattern I have been observing about the Republicans, who are automatically opposed to anything said or done by our president. This, sadly, leads me to the conclusion that bringing down the president is fast becoming more important to them than what is best for our country. Robot-like adherence to a party line in issues is hardly what a party system of government is meant to be. The almost instant criticism by the Republicans of the president's decision makes me wonder whether they would have likewise criticized the judgment of President Obama in this matter if the president had, instead, announced that our troops would stay in Iraq longer. I try not to pay attention to the sneaky feeling in my gut that they would. We need members of Congress to vote their consciences instead of blindly voting the party line. Letters to the editor are encouraged. Send letters to letters@tulsaworld.com..