From the
NY Times
Representative Walter Jones of North Carolina, the author of the bill to change the name of French Fries to Freedom Fries, will be introducing legislation calling for a timetable to get the troops out of Iraq:
''When I look at the number of men and women who have been killed -- it's almost 1,700 now, in addition to close to 12,000 have been severely wounded -- and I just feel that the reason of going in for weapons of mass destruction, the ability of the Iraqis to make a nuclear weapon, that's all been proven that it was never there,'' Jones said on ABC's ''This Week.''
What changed is mind, below the fold
Representative Jones had a eureka moment:
Jones said he began changing his mind about the war after attending the funeral in April 2003 for Sgt. Michael Bitz, 31, who was killed in the southern city of Nasiriyah. He recalled that Bitz's widow read the last letter she received from her husband.
''And that really has been on my mind and my heart ever since,'' he said.
Interestingly, Rep. Jones district includes Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point. He has written letters of condolence to over 1300 families of soldiers killed in Iraq.