To the Editor:

Our country is in a heap of trouble. Ebola has now been introduced into the United States. In the Mideast ISIS is running rampant killing and beheading while announcing they intend to bring their fight to the United States. Our borders are open, allowing anyone to slip in and move about the country freely. What a mess!

Leadership from the top level of government is grossly lacking. And yes, that means leadership from the President of the United States. He does not take the advice of his military experts who have laid out the plan needed to defeat ISIS. Instead we are dilly-dallying with ineffective bombing and still talking about what to do next. 

He refuses to command our borders be closed and to co-operate with the states that are trying to do that on their own. He has sent troops to West Africa to fight the Ebola virus and in the meantime the virus is here in the United States. Every day he blames others for the lack of solutions to these very serious problems.

The main role of the U.S. government is to protect our citizens. Recently because the White House protection by the Secret Service was breached, the head of the Secret Service resigned and security there has been tightened.   There is continual talk about protecting our troops and keeping them out of harm’s way. There certainly is nothing wrong with those goals, but what about us … the American people? We are vulnerable and in grave danger. 

Barak Obama is not doing the job to protect us and neither are Democrats in Congress who go right along with him. Our Sen. Kay Hagan has supported Obama 96 percent of the time. I doubt she will change that record if re-elected. So unless Hagan and other Democrats are sent home, there is no hope of increased protection for us there.

I am increasingly concerned and truly afraid for our country, my family and all of us. As a country we seem to be befuddled and are being run by incompetents. This condition must change, and we have a chance to do it with our vote in this midterm election.

Carol Adams

Glenville