To the editor:

President Bush keeps insisting the mission in Iraq is a “noble cause,” over and over again as he attempts to justify his war in Iraq. Cindy Sheehan, whose soldier son died in Iraq, is asking the president to meet with her and explain in person exactly what that noble cause is. So far, Mr. Bush has refused to meet with her. Some say he is to busy (vacationing at the ranch), others explain he is the president with more important things to attend to. (Riding bicycles with Lance Armstrong.)

Perhaps there is a simpler, basic reason Mr. Bush refuses to explain what that noble cause really is our children are dying for. He can’t, because in truth, there isn’t one.

Curtis D. Bennett,

Lawrence