Acorn Sound off –– Michael Picarella

Acorn Sound off –– Michael Picarella

"I think it's a necessary evil, if you will. You hate to see young men have to go overseas and defend the country. But if we don't control certain situations, then we become too dependent upon foreign countries." -Jack Maley Calabasas

What do you think about our country possibly going to war?

"I think it's what we have to do in order to be secure and safe around here as Americans-get back to what they've done to us-get rid of all the bad people in the world. It's bad, but we have to do it." -John Deering Calabasas "I think the president has been very clear as to what his expectations are and if the security of our country is best served by going to war, I guess that's an option we have to do. My personal preference is that we make absolutely sure we've exhausted every other option before making that choice." -Jeff Reinhardt Agoura Hills "I'm in anguish over that. It really bothers me that they're worried about Iraq having arms and yet the United States is one of the biggest arm dealers in the world. Something isn't quite right. We have our aircraft carriers over there-what would happen if Iraq had an aircraft carrier six miles off our coast?" -Dick Crowley Agoura Hills "I'm not excited about going to war, but I'm impressed the way the president has been handling it and I think there has to be a response for dictators-you can't allow them to have their way. I think we've been over this kind of thing before. I'm also interested that Turkey and Saudi Arabia are willing to assist us in the war." -Jed Ireland Calabasas