Letter forgot to mention those killed by Saddam

To the editor:

I was deeply offended by Jennifer St.Clair's recent letter. Her use of the term "Bush defenders" as those who "overlook the killing of 3,500 Iraqis civilians" reeked of pure partisan propaganda. She deftly forgot to mention the millions that Saddam Hussein killed and tortured during his reign of terror. Also omitted was the fact that Iraq was a breeding ground for terrorists who murdered 3,000 Americans in 2001.

If we were to follow her argument in a historical context, Hitler would rule an Aryan world, Milosevic would still be slaughtering Muslims and we would be living in the United States of Britain. I'm sorry, but I don't wish to live in her world. Rather, I wish to live in a world where freedom is defended when in peril. One final question for St.Clair and her pacifist rabble: Where were you when President Clinton killed Serbian civilians in the Bosnian war? Your silence was deafening.

JIM KREWSON

Shawneetown, Mo.