In response to Professor Christensen’s Dec. 6 letter giving his six reasons fro supporting President Clinton’s decision to send American soldiers into Bosnia.

1. That times have changed and wars are no longer fought for noble purposes is not a reason for Americans to die in Bosnia.

2. That our soldiers are volunteers, knew the risks, and must follow orders is not a reason to send Americans to Bosnia.

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3. That We now live in a world whose people and nations are increasingly interdependent is not a reason for Americans to die in Bosnia.

4. That the U.S. military should be the peace officer of the world is a reason to send troops to Bosnia a bad reason.

With 40 or so civil wars and other fighting going on at any given time; where next?

We’ll soon run out of volunteers and have to re-institute the draft because most of these volunteers joined for a job and benefits not to celebrate Christmas sitting in a cross-fire in some foreign country.

5. That civilian life is not risk-free is one of Professor Christensen’s reasons justifying the death of Americans in Bosnia. He picked those reasons, I didn’t.

6. His only vital national interests are platitudes such as:remain credible as a world leader…, show the world we will use our military might in support of moral and ethical principles…

He forgot to use Clinton’s could spread like poison throughout the region reason. It worked for Vietnam, maybe it could work for Bosnia.

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Will Rodgers said over 60 years ago, If America ever passes our as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone:America died from delusion she had moral leadership. Say if we had any morals, we would use em ourselves.

If the world really wanted a leader (which I doubt); it would probably want a leader that could educate its children, care for its sick, employ it workers, house its homeless, feed it hungry, balance its budget, and take care of its own problems before it tries to take care of everybody else’s