Mr. President Bush, with all the problems we have with Mexico, with drugs, illegal aliens and gangs, don’t send U.S. troops to Afghanistan and Iraq, keep them here to protect the U.S. from invasion, not other countries that have been fighting for hundreds of years. Look at Afghanistan; Russia was there for 10 years and didn’t accomplish anything except the loss of Russian military men. Please keep our military at home to protect our home. You don’t have to be a president or politician to see that. So, please, wise up, forget the other countries.

Military Analyst

Of all the somewhat legitimate arguments against U.S. action in Afghanistan and Iraq, comparing it to Russia’s brutal, failed effort to subdue Afghanistan is perhaps the least likely to bend the ear of any good American, let alone our commander-in-chief. While we’re on the subject of Russia and Afghanistan, did everyone see “Charlie Wilson’s War”? BackTalk gives it two thumbs up. —Ed. Note