Sen. Kerry states if he becomes president he will reach out to those countries that didn’t help President Bush in Iraq. He would ask for global support to defend America. France, Russia, Germany and China were all raking in billions and allowing Saddam Hussein to reap even more from the United Nations total mismanagement of the oil-for-food program that was meant to feed the Iraqi people.

Those countries also were enabling Saddam by giving kickbacks and bypassing the U.N. rules. Now we know why these countries didn’t help the United States and the more than 30 countries that invaded Iraq and took out a leader on the par of Hitler. They are still unearthing bodies of Iraqis Saddam had murdered.

We are winning in Iraq. Ask a soldier who is fighting over there. Ask the Iraqi people. I have.

This presidential election is all about who people trust most to keep our country safe.

Kerry is not a font of stability. He blows with the wind. He has no strength of character or moral core.

Bush has proven his strength by sticking to his plan, regardless of votes. He chooses what he believes is right and honorable, regardless of the media and the liberal bashing his administration is exposed to.

Which man has our safety and the safety of our children uppermost in his mind?

Mary Jane Newell, South Paris