To the editor:

When did WEAN become the arbiter for repairs, or servicing of military equipment? Or where the work is to be performed?

Does WEAN purport to tell the government what to do in matters of national security? I hope not. The safety of the nation should be determined by those with greater intelligence.

Will Ms. Edain think the program “bogus and non-useful in the world” if she learned a missile is headed for the Puget Sound area? Being prepared is far better. Think about how vulnerable we were before World War II, and the consequences of the events that catapulted this nation into war.

To call WEAN a “watchdog group” is a misnomer, an activist obstructionist group would be accurate.

Ms. Edain’s concern about “the amount of taxpayer money the program requires, especially in the current poor economy” is contradictory when one remembers the thousands of dollars she has cost Island County taxpayers in legal actions brought under the auspices of WEAN.

Ah, that was not a waste of taxpayers’ money, or was it?

Robert Turner

Clinton