LETTER: Restructured government would better represent Americans' interests

President Obama is sending 17,000 troops to Afghanistan to shore up the stability and help secure the region. This is like guarding the back door of our security and leaving the front door open, meaning our borders. Our borders are more of a danger to our security than that of the Mideast, as all we are doing there is increasing the hate that President Bush started in Iraq, and wasting tax money and the lives of our brave troops. Thousands of illegals are coming across our borders bringing drugs, women for prostitution and perhaps terrorists with dirty bombs.