Letter to the Editor:
A Republican Majority in Congress is the Only Hope for America
       Great Britain, America and Pakistan successfully thwarted a plot by Islamo-fascists to blow up 10 jet liners simultaneously over the Atlantic Ocean or over American cities.
       The plot was broken in London where the British police are granted expanded methods in dealing with terror.  Their anti-terrorism chief said at a news conference that the plot was foiled because “a large number of people” had been under surveillance, with police monitoring “spending, travel and communications”.
        This caused the Wall Street Journal to ask whether Scotland Yard have succeeded if the ACLU or the New York Times had learned the details of the surveillance programs. 
       Scotland Yard currently has an additional 70 investigations on terror underway.  Pakistan Foreign Minister, Tasnim Aslam attributed the success of the operation to the coordination of intelligence between Britain, Pakistan and the United States.  Our country was helpful in stopping the plot because of our foreign intelligence surveillance systems, the NSA wire taps and the tracking of terror financing. These are programs the Democrats fought hard to curtail.
       If the Democrats regain control of Congress in November, they plan to censure the president for invoking the Intelligence Surveillance programs that have empowered the good guys to capture terrorists the world over.  It is highly unlikely the American people want any interference in a program that, thus far has kept them safe from attack.
       President Bush was succinct when he reminded us: “The nation is at war with Islamic fascists”.  Senator Lieberman spoke likewise when he said “They want to kill any and all of us”.  If this isn’t enough to scare an American nation fearful of a terror attack, consider some of the un-American comments from Democratics.   It should outrage everyone when the #2 Democrat in the Senate, Dick Durbin, compared America’s men and women in uniform to “Nazis”, "Soviets in their gulags" or some mad regime.  How about Harry Reid, bragging prematurely how he had killed the Patriot Act.  At a later date the Act did pass and is a vital tool against terror.  Consider Sen. Kennedy’s disregard for national security. His constant attacks on our troops have proven he can’t be trusted when it comes to keeping Americans safe. 
       These facts should provide the impetus for the American people to ensure that a Republican majority  be maintained in Congress.  They are our best bet to provide, as they have to date, the security that people demand to keep them safe.  
Edward Shallow
Dorchester, Mass.