Here we go again — oil and gas prices are sky high. What in God’s name are we doing over in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with our armed forces protecting them from Iraq? They belong to OPEC and they are turning around and giving us the shaft. We should pull our men and armed forces out of there and let them protect themselves.

We ought to spend the money the armed forces are costing us here in this country on our own senior citizens. Every time a jet takes off it probably burns enough fuel to heat 25 homes or more for the winter. It’s time senators and Congress wake up. If the everyday person can understand this problem why can’t the people we elect to go to Washington see it? Arthur G. Webster Bucksport