PROHIBITION OF DRUGS POWERS TERRORIST FACTIONS

When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the steel for the bombs came from
the United States. Only with the beginning of war did US mills stop
providing cheap steel for Japanese tools of destruction. There were great
lamentations about US government encouragement of this trade. Sixty years
later, we have again empowered our enemies.

Following the recent suicide bombings, House Speaker Dennis Hastert formed
a task force to combat drug trafficking, which he called "the financial
engine that drives many terrorist organizations." Rather than ending the
87-year-old drug prohibition, (which would leave our enemy with a worthless
stockpile of vegetables,) the efforts of the task force have already
managed to raise the price of drugs, to further empower our enemy.

Sixty years ago, liberty was assured by the acumen of our great
leaders. Our current leadership remains steadfast in their desire to fill
the pocketbooks of criminals, drug lords and our terrorist enemies.

Dean Becker Houston, TX