Only a woman can protect our troops

I have always voted to save lives, the lives of the unborn.

This time, I also voted to save lives and to protect and honor those who are fighting in the war in Iraq and those who have died there.

I voted for Hillary Clinton.

I want the most protective instinct in the White House.

If I am politically incorrect, so be it. My one and only concern is for the children we bore, raised and love and for whom, we as women would do anything it takes to save.

With our protection, our children have not gotten to the age of 18 only to be duped by the government into fighting and dying in the most grievously useless war.

It is time for a major change, the need of which a change in race or party will not satisfy.

However, a change of gender in the White House will.

I know Barack Obama is adamant about withdrawing troops from Iraq; however, members of his gender, based on their decisions throughout history, have forfeited their right to prove they can change their ways.

Mary E. Keenan

Schaumburg