With fewer than 100 days left before we choose our next president, we need to get a few things clear.

The surge in Iraq has worked wonders, despite an enormous number of Democrats and some members of Congress saying the war was lost. Since Iraq is not nearly the concern it once was, it now will not be Barack Obama's ticket to the White House. While Iraq is not over by a long way, when was the last time you heard Obama discussing Iraq? One may note that there were 39 combat related deaths in the entire country of Iraq in January, while the city of Detroit accounted for 35 murders in that same month -- but the latter was not shared widely by the media.

In World War II, which took almost a half million lives, Germany never attacked us. Japan did -- and the war was a Democrat-led event. Democrat Harry Truman finished World War II and started one with North Korea (who never attacked us), which took 55,000 lives. Democrat John Kennedy started the Vietnam War in 1962 (Vietnam never attacked us). Democrat Lyndon Johnson turned Vietnam into the biggest mess in U.S. military history. Democrat Bill Clinton went to war with Bosnia without U.N. consent (Bosnia never attacked us).

President Bush has liberated two countries and captured a dictator that murdered about 500,000 of his own countrymen.

Now, Obama and the Democrats controlling Congress want no new drilling, no new refineries and no additional nuclear power plants. If you are only moderately good at math, you can see where your finances are headed if you are determined to elect another Democrat.

Robert L. Clements, Louisville, Ga.