This letter addresses the government's possible selection of a new site for a national guard armory in Jackson Township. One consideration must be the distance that soldiers are asked to travel for meetings and drills. With the price of gasoline hovering around four dollars per gallon, requiring soldiers (men and women) to travel great distances from populated areas to the cornfield area seems ludicrous. Perhaps, the site selection committee should reconsider remodeling the existing facilty or considering another site closer to the city.

Robert O. Cochran
Springettsbury Township

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My son was in the Army reserves in 2003 and was sent to Iraq when Bush invaded. Out of the military now, he is going to college on the Montgomery Bill, so I closely follow any legislation dealing with military veterans. I was happy to see the passage of the new GI Bill that will give veterans better education benefits, and was very pleased that on May 22 Senator Obama voted with the overwhelming majority to pass this bill. I was disgusted that Senator McCain did not support this bill and that he did not vote on May 22.

In fact, on issues concerning veterans, the group Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) rate McCain's voting record "D" and Obama's "B+." Similarly, the group Disabled American Veterans rate McCain's voting record at 20% and Obama's 80% on issues concerning them. Senator Obama has shown by his votes that he cares about veterans and supports their issues. In addition, it now appears that Obama's plan to end our military occupation of Iraq is in line with the wishes of the Iraqi government and Iraqi people. By contrast, Senator McCain's voting record shows a lack of concern for the needs of our veterans and he seems out of touch with the reality in Iraq.

Pat Long
West Manchester Township

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George Bush and his administration has said many times that there should be no time period for withdraw from Iraq , however now Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq wants us combat troops out of Iraq by the end of 2010, yet Obama has been critized many times for saying if he were president he would have our troops out in 16 months after being elected president, having now heard what Maliki wants it is clear that Obama has better judgement then John McCain and the Bush Administration, it is time for the country of Iraq to handle there own problem by themselves, it is a known fact, that many people look at the us military as occupiers of there country, hopefully now our government will honor the request of the Iraqi government and withdraw our military as requested by the end of 2010. After that is done we can focus more on the problem of Afghanistan where more troops are needed.

The Iraqi government has spoken and our government should honor there wish, kudos to Obama who has been right all along on this issue to bring the troops home soon, Obama has shown that common sense and the will of the Iraq and american people is what really counts, our troops have done there job, now the current administration should start making a plan to exit Iraq.

Stan Brenner
West Manchester Township

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Barak Obama seems to have given George W. Bush a bit of a push.

Number One: Pres. Bush's State Department is now engaging in negotiations with Iran over nuclear energy development.

Number Two: Pres. Bush is talking with Iraqi President al-Maliki about "time horizons" for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq.

Both of these foreign policy moves had been hysterically scoffed at by rightwing conservative Republicans, including columnists Bill O'Reilly and Cal Thomas, as "surrendering to the enemy" when proposed by Sen. Obama.

You never know what's next!

J. Edward Muhlbach
Shrewsbury Township,

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I've been receiving an average of 2-5 names a day from a casualty list since I started a few years back belonging to Vietnam Veterans talk list. This list really hit me, for heaven's sake look at their ages people!

"The Department of Defense announced the death of nine soldiers who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died of wounds suffered when their outpost was attacked by small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades from enemy forces in Wanat, Afghanistan, on July 13. They were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment (Airborne), 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, Vicenza, Italy.

Killed were: 1st Lt. Jonathan P. Brostrom, 24, of Hawaii; Sgt. Israel Garcia, 24, of Long Beach, Calif.; Cpl. Jonathan R. Ayers, 24, of Snellville, Ga.; Cpl. Jason M. Bogar, 25, of Seattle, Wash.; Cpl. Jason D. Hovater, 24, of Clinton, Tenn.; Cpl. Matthew B. Phillips, 27, of Jasper, Ga.; Cpl. Pruitt A. Rainey, 22, of Haw River, N.C.; Cpl. Gunnar W. Zwilling, 20, of Florissant, Mo.; Pfc. Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Ky.

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