Depressing loss

To the editor:

The news that 20 reservist Marines from a small town near Cleveland, Ohio, have fallen saddened me, as many Americans, blue and red. More than 1,800 Americans and 20,000 Iraqis have been killed so far. And many more have been injured; the loss of property and the general economic mess is depressing. And this is all because we have a pro-life president!

Jacob Enoch,

Lawrence