Iraq War Result: We’re No Safer and U.S. is Hated the World Over
Dear Editor,
War in Iraq is a very constant reminder that no matter what is said, we are no safer now than we were before the start of this meaningless fiasco in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In fact we are now breeding a new kind of terrorism terror from within, and you see it every day. To say the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are working is a joke, and yes our kids and our neighbor’s kids are dying in vain.
And yes it is getting easy to say the war is lost because the people behind it are lost – McCain, Bush, Cheney and anyone else who believes we are making progress is wrong. The new plan is futile if no one cares, and believe me this whole mess needs to end, now!
Look at Iraq roads and bridges destroyed, schools not built, no electricity, our small army can’t do the job, all out war was never achieved. The oil that was supposed to pay for the war never happened and no hope is in sight.
But there is one plan that might work – get the hell out! Yes, leave, go regroup and rebuild our army and national defense. Iraq and Afghanistan are finished, our army broken.
We made the mistake Bush made. The mistake of being advised by fools like Rove, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz. Now he is paying for that mistake and the rest of our country as well.
We are hated all over the world, terrorism is already here, so much for they will follow us home that’s a myth a story and more will happen.
But the country is waking up. It’s time to help our own sick and our own country before it’s too late, save America and save the planet for the future.
Daniel Garcia, Gilroy
Morgan Hill School Classified Employees Keep Students Safe
Dear Editor,
I’ve been following your stories on the Morgan Hill Unified School District contract negotiations and your grading of the Morgan Hill Unified School Board. I find it disappointing that neither of these bodies seem to appreciate the essential roles the classified employees play in keeping our children safe at school.
My daughter has a severe peanut allergy (Morgan Hill Times Food and Family, Jan. 26-29, 2007). On April 24, 2007, she had an allergic reaction while eating her lunch at El Toro Elementary School. She raised her hand and told a yard duty named Cindy that something she ate had peanut traces. Cindy immediately took her to the nurses’ office. While Debbie, the secretary, called to notify me of the incident, a health clerk named Jane gave my daughter her Benedryl per our emergency plan. Because the support staff acted so quickly, my daughter recovered from her exposure without the use of her EpiPen or a trip to the hospital.
My daughter’s exposure to peanut traces was a serious and stressful situation. It cannot possibly be the only type of situation that support staff at our schools deal with. My family and I are very grateful to these employees for their quick and appropriate actions. In settling contracts, I hope the school district will stop damaging the morale of good people and start thinking about how the school would run without these employees who genuinely care about our children.
Jaclin Carrillo, Morgan Hill
