Dear Editor, Will someone out there help me understand something? How come people keep saying the reason we need Bush in the White House is because of the threat of terrorism? Am I the only one who heard Osama bin Laden declare that the jihad against America and the 9/11 attacks were a response to the first Gulf War and for the presence of U.S. military bases in Saudi Arabia's holy lands? The terrorists have said repeatedly they will no longer tolerate the invasion of Muslim lands, the construction of U.S. air bases on Muslim lands, the influence of Western nations that collude with dictatorships and monarchies in the Middle East, and the United States' immense support for the Israeli occupation of Palestine. How does invading and occupying Iraq and Afghanistan stave off terrorism? It sounds to me like we want more terrorism. Millions of Muslims who were sympathetic to our tragedy on 9/11 have likely retracted their sympathy once they saw the horrors achieved by fomenting war. I understand 9/11 was a declaration of war and a battleground was created, I just don't think we should have taken the bait.