This Helena letter writer accuses Hillary Clinton of treason for comments she made during her visit to Iraq.

If I were still a soldier, I can't imagine a circumstance under which I would want my elected representatives to express anything other than their honest opinions about the situation troops were in. Those folks overseas aren't children, and they aren't just soldiers. They also are citizens and voters. They not only should be up on the public debate, they should be helping to shape it.

Besides, as one TV commentator pointed out, soldiers in Iraq aren't exactly marching across the Russian steppes with Napoleon. They are watching cable news and reading newspapers. A senator who told the troops one thing and the folks back home something else would be quickly exposed as a fraud.

By the way, I couldn't find any other source for the quote the letter writer used that claimed the U.S. would lose the war. Even Hillary's harshest web critics didn't fire off that particular piece of ammunition. Probably, it's a dud.