Letter to the Editors

Dear Editor(s),

I would like to compliment the DAILY EGYPTIAN staff on the Our Word piece in the Sept. 11 issue. I hope every student at SIU reads it and starts asking questions and demanding answers.

The only statement I would take issue with is "little has been accomplished ˘ except for winning two wars...." In spite of billions of dollars and thousands of lives wasted, we have not won any wars ˘ especially the War on Terror.

In Afghanistan, we only control the area around Kabul while the rest of the country is under the control of warlords and the Taliban. In Iraq, more soldiers have died since Mr. Bush declared "Mission Accomplished" than died before his statement. We have not won these wars. All Mr. Bush≠s wars have done is alienate our allies, increase the number of people who hate us and plunge our nation into debt.

Your editorial and Moustafa Ayad≠s pieces on the Patriot Act and John Ashcroft is exactly what a student newspaper should be doing. With polls showing 70 percent of the nation still believe the lie that Saddam Hussein was behind the attacks of 9/11 and half the people can't name a single

Democratic candidate for President, you have a lot of work ahead of you. It is your generation that will be fighting and dying and paying the bills for Mr. Bush's mistakes, so it is up to you to put a stop to them. Keep up the good work.

Michael Youther instructor physiology

myouther@siu.edu 453-1588

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