How can we get this piece of literature, "How to Win the War in Al-Anbar," to those that need to see it?

Question

I'm talking about the PowerPoint presentation of Capt. Travis Patriquin. It's one of the best things I've read on the Iraq situation.

http://abcnews.go.com/images/US/how_to_win_in_anbar_v4.pdf

You may want to read Marta Raddatz's story for the story has the saddest ending. But Capt. Patriquin's PowerPoint presentation is the story I'm talking about. How can we make sure it is read, and re-read, by those in authority.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=2729584

I missed it on ABC; I hope millions saw it there. But I wish it could be published in book form. I wish it could be seen and understood by people who watch O'Reilly and listen to Limbaugh. I have written Anderson Cooper, asking him to feature it (and other troopers in Iraq) in the same way people lost in snowstorms in the Northwest have been featured on his 360 on CNN.

Any other ideas?

What good humor, what good sense, what good ideas are presented in this simple book that even a child can understand.

How many millions of $$$ and thousands of lives (US and Iraq) could have been saved if those neoconservatives "planning" the war could have given this kind of thought to the post-war reconstruction of the country!

Capt. Patriquin's family at least deserve the royalties that would come from publication of his PowerPoint presentation as a picture book. How can we persuade someone to undertake this project?

Answer 1

mank, here's something to consider. Bloggers are among the most powerful and influential commentators on the political/social scene today. They have worldwide instantaneous distribution and the process of publishing a blog is quite grass-roots and democratic in nature. They are in many ways more influential and have greater distribution than most newspaper columnists and TV news commentators. I would think that many influential bloggers could be approached with this idea of yours and convinced to include both a description of Capt. Patriquin's PowerPoint presentation as well as a link to it in their posts. There are simple enough ways to scout out the most influential political bloggers and most of them, I would think, could be reached by email. Just a thought.

BTW, great question!
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Answer 2

It was on ABC, so it already got some shine. If you mean how to make the President see it, you might try to write him a letter. But I'd guess he has already heard about it.