Dear Sirs and Madams,

I was disappointed but perhaps not surprised that you saw fit to fire General Batiste for having the courage to speak out on a TV ad for VoteVets against a catastrophic "preventive" war in which our soldiers are dying daily. The consequences of this attack on Iraq were predicted by retired  military officers, like Senator Jim Webb (op-ed Washington Post 9/2002) and General Wesley Clark (Sept. 2002 Congressional testimony).

I knew General Batiste was special when I saw him on C-SPAN recently testifying before Congress. He's a principled man of courage. Apparently that doesn't sit well for the network that long ago featured Edward R. Murrow. You do broadcast on the public airways. I suspect if General Batiste towed the party line and pretended that things in Iraq are "improving" he would have kept his job.
Where is Walter Cronkite when we need him? Sadly his legacy and that of Edward R Murrow is nowhere to be seen.

You sirs are complicit in the misguided, violent policies that benefit a very few at the expense of the public good.

I don't watch Katie Couric because she won't stand up for progressive issues. Instead hosts reactionary views. It's a shame, since she had the courage to speak out on combating colon cancer.

How about doing something that you feel is right for a change, maybe I and a lot of others would tune in.