DEAR EDITOR:
This is the question we should be asking ourselves in choosing a leader to run this country: With what is going on in the Middle East, and our leaders who are supposed to protect our citizens, how can they actually justify that the attack in Benghazi was because of a movie? Without even asking our leaders, the average American figured out it was a terrorist attack--does the date 9/11 mean anything to you? For two weeks they kept saying it was because of this movie trailer, and then finally admitted to us it was a terrorist attack. As I watched the vice president debate, Joe Bidens character on that stage concerning Benghazi was disturbing to me, and of course his answer was to blame someone else. What was more disturbing was his answer about the possibility of Iran having the capability to launch a nuclear weapon on America. Are the leaders of this country going to wait two weeks and then blame it on the 1983 movie The Day After? If they cannot protect our Ambassadors, how are they going to protect us? I was appalled at the vice president's conduct at the debate; he did not show leadership. I did not find his laughter or constant interruptions dignified nor did he show qualifications in taking over this country in case something should happen to the president. When he looked into the camera and asked the question on this issue, and other issues, who are you going to trust? I put that question to the citizens of this country before they elect a president.
Ruth Lilley
Niles