Reply #8: Kyl's column way off mark

[MelissaB]

Kyl's column way off mark

Like many Americans, Sen. Jon Kyl has trouble distinguishing our rights as Americans from our role in wars that affect the rest of the world ("Independence Day offers time to reflect on past, current wars," SPVNS, July 6).

Stating he was reflecting on "the source of our rights and the sacrifice made by Americans throughout our history to preserve them," Kyl opines at length about the war in Iraq.

How, exactly, does the war in Iraq preserve our freedom?

Kyl is correct in that Sept. 11, 2001, illustrates "the vulnerability of our freedom and the fragility of those rights."

Let's concentrate on the home front. Since that day, our privacy has been invaded, not by terrorists by our own government. We have seen the almost total domination of media by right-wing interest groups. We have seen elections "handled" by voting machines that leave no paper trail. We have witnessed inroads into our personal records and we have seen our legislators afraid to speak out against these wrongs, fearing being ostracized and called traitors.


More: http://www.bensonnews-sun.com/articles/2005/07/20/news/letters_to_editor/letter1.txt