To the editor:

I am sorry that last week’s writer somehow felt that my letter impugned her husband’s motives. In my defense, I’d point out that it was the governor, not me, who suggested increased funding as a recruiting tool for the Kansas National Guard.

As the mother and the daughter of veterans, I have the greatest respect for both veterans and active duty military personnel. Their sacrifices and those of their families can only bring deep admiration from the rest of us.

Their good intentions, however, do not mean the cause they fight in is worthy, nor the results of their efforts useful.

Not only the peace activists, not only the Democrats, but people such as Richard Clarke, who held high positions in every administration starting with Ronald Reagan’s, say that the current war-making is making us less safe. (We also might note the general who recently was quoted in the Journal-World as saying that each mistreated prisoner produced eight new enemies.)

Sadly, the soldiers’ sacrifices do not help us to sleep more safely; they make the world more dangerous.

May God bring them all safely home, and forgive us for sending them into harm’s way.

Anne Haehl,

Lawrence