Wilma Yovich – 10/17/04

This page was last updated on October 17, 2004.

Is American really safer?; Wilma Yovich; Beaver County Times; October 17, 2004.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“On the front page of the Oct. 8 issue of The Times, the headline on the top half of the page said ‘Bush: OK, no WMDs, but America’s safer.’

“The headline on the bottom half of that same page said, ‘Schools told: Watch out’, in reference to the threat of a potential terrorist attack on our public schools.

[RWC] Ms. Yovich didn’t mention we learned of the threat because of our presence in Iraq. If we weren’t in Iraq, we may not have uncovered the intelligence that led to the warning.

“Do you think America is safer with just one of the hundreds of dictators of the world removed from power at a terrible cost in American lives and fortune while Osama bin Laden still roams free, our ports are unguarded, our police and fire protection squads are stretched to the breaking point and our allies have turned against us as a result of our arrogance?

“I don’t.”

[RWC] John Kerry on December 16, 2003, at Drake University in Iowa said, “Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein and those who believe today that we are not safer with his capture don’t have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president.”

I’m not sure hiding in the mountains of Afghanistan and/or Pakistan qualifies as roaming free. Bin Laden hasn’t been seen or heard from even on tape for over a year.

Our ports are guarded, though no level of guarding we would accept would be foolproof.

Where does Ms. Yovich get the idea “our police and fire protection squads are stretched to the breaking point?”

Our allies have not turned against the United States. They are with us in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Ms. Yovich, please provide an example of arrogance. If your idea of arrogance is not bowing at the altar of France, Germany, and the United Nations, never mind.