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Casualty on the home front

Posted 10.27.06 at 10:25 AM

By Joe Williams

Whether we can win the military war in Afghanistan and Iraq is still unclear. Our heroic soldiers are seemingly stuck in a dangerous and hostile environment amid a civil war that appears only to be getting worse.

Our inability to maintain control of the situation only emboldens our other enemies, like Iran and North Korea.

But one thing is for sure: We have lost our innocence and a level of our personal freedom. The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have left us all feeling vulnerable - not just from the terrorists who wish us harm, but also from our own elected representatives.

They seem to be more interested in restricting our rights than protecting our borders or safeguarding our ports. With so many gaping holes in our national defense, is there any justifiable reason to suppress the rights of our citizens?

Joe Williams of Hugo, Okla., is a freshman accounting major at PJC.

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