We should fight fires, not wars

Valerie Cohen, Reno

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 | 2:01 a.m.

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If President Obama actually cares about our “national security,” he will immediately deploy our armed forces to extinguish the Rim Fire in Yosemite National Park, which is destroying the health, safety, and quality of life for people in Northern Nevada. This is far more important than killing more people halfway around the Earth, in Syria.