DEAR EDITOR:

(Mr. Mosley is an orthopedic doctor and surgeon who worked in Emanuel County before being deployed to Iraq.)

It is certainly a pleasure to be able to communicate with you while here in Iraq. As for the war, there is much that needs to be said. And for those of you that have previously heard me speak about the war, you know that I have few hesitations when it comes to talking about these issues.

Let me assure you that in spite of recent pronouncements, the war here is not lost. It may be lost in the mindset of some, but it is certainly not lost in the hearts and minds of the men and women of the U.S. military, nor those of our coalition partners.

While to some at home this war in the "sandbox" of Iraq may seem like a lost cause, I can assure you that there are millions of Iraqi fathers, mothers, and children that are praying that these defeatist thoughts do not prevail. For if they do, the hope and the promise that we gave these brave people with the fall of Saddam Hussein will rapidly change to fear and despair.

As I write this, I know that there are Americans everywhere that would respond with, "It's not our problem." But it is our problem. You see, as Americans we have thankfully learned to be tolerant of those different from us. We have friends of different ethnicities. Our children are educated with the children of different religions. We even work and socialize with those of differing political beliefs. And naturally, we assume most of the world thinks as we do. But those that advance their causes through the terrorizing of others are anything but tolerant. To the contrary, they are intolerant of any view outside their own and to all things they fear.

So, is it worth asking: What do those that resort to terror fear most? You might think they fear the U.S. military most because of the ways in which they choose to engage us--but you would be wrong. No, what they fear most is you, not you the American, but rather you--someone with freedom and liberties.

We all know that freedom is universally contagious. Everyone wants it and no one ever asks to have less of it. Even those we fight, the terrorists, want freedom. They simply do not want anyone else to have it. They see their freedom as diminished or compromised of all are free; whereas we know that our freedom is made more secure by ensuring that others have it as well.

No doubt this is a complex war, but the essence of its conflict is freedom. Freedom who is going to control it and thereby who is going to have it. This is not a problem that we can walk away from and have our children to solve. The Afghan people know this; the Iraqi people know this; and you know this. Together we have to make sure America knows this. WAYNE MOSLEY Iraq

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