I listened to Bill Maher. He has a good sense of humor and is a good comedian. He keeps up on world affairs. He said we are no longer fighting in Iraq that most of them have gone elsew,here. Many were killed by our soldiers, 40,000 of them. So why are we there? Democrats want to bring our soldiers home, and Bush wants to escalate the war.

I guess he wants to make more "heroes." Well, I just heard on TV there awere four more of our soldiers killed. How many more are we going to lose? They just voted to see if the war should continue. The Democrats wanted to bring them home; the Republicans wanted them to keep fighting. The Republicans won, including Lieberman and two Democrats. I heard this on the TV. I didn't get their names. I think we should be working toward peace, not war. It would save many lives.

I heard a while back that Hussein hasn't killed thousands of his own people as Bush claims. He killed 148 and has paid by his life being taken. How many lives is Bush responsible for? The last I heard it was 3,198. He is running around as free as a bird. He said it would be a short war. I don't know what he calls short. He wants to keep it going.

Ernestene Becker

Clarkston