Listening to the speech of the president about the "war" in Afghanistan, which is in reality a brutal occupation, we have to realize that torturing and killing people under any pretext is inhumane. It gets us also in great danger, and it is very expensive. It is so stupid!

Bringing the "boys home" means establishing an enduring occupation. We have to withdraw all military from foreign countries. And in countries as Afghanistan and Iraq, we must try to repay the immense destruction we caused.

Walter Ehrlich, Baltimore