This letter is in response to the most ridiculous and absurd letter from James Leatherman ("Students in danger with national draft," July 6).

First off, you can't be for the troops and support them in their noble effort and at the same time be against the war.

How ridiculous is that? This is like telling your wife you love her, but you're against the marriage.

As a veteran of the Army, trust me, I wouldn't want some communist and coward like you sitting next to me in my foxhole fighting the enemy.

In case you don't realize it, our country and everything this great nation stands for is under attack right now by radical Islamists. I seriously doubt the brave men and women on the front lines, who are putting their lives on the line every day so you can continue to blame America, would want you beside them, too.

There is no doubt that if America is hit again in another 9/11-style attack, our government is going to have to look hard and seriously at the prospect of reinstating the draft.

Cowards like James Leatherman, who I'm sure benefited from the government by accepting student loans during his college days at Penn State, will be the first to climb aboard the "free-loader express" to Canada. America doesn't need wimps and cowards like you.

It's people like you, Mr. Leatherman, who are undermining our war effort and threatening our livelihoods.

Maybe you should just leave the country now if America can't count on your support when it needs you the most.