6/18/06
In your editorial “An Iraq Debate” the claim is made that both
It would seem that in order for the Iraqi troops to “stand up” and assume a position of being able to control their country and defend against possible aggressors, they would need an air force. I have heard nothing about providing the Iraqi military with planes and bombs to put on those planes. I have heard that Iraqi officials are talking about offering amnesty to their citizens who have fought with US troops at some point, however – which may explain the reluctance of the
The lack of concern exhibited by the current administration and our military towards Iraqi civilians is astonishing. They cannot be bothered to record and publish the names of the dead, if they notice that someone has been killed. If the over all goal in
In light of that fact, and in light of the fact that the situation continues to deteriorate markedly, if I were an Iraqi, I know I would want nothing more than for the
6/16/06
I feel that an op-ed piece in your paper claiming that anti-war protests have gone to hundreds of US troop's funerals and protested is totally inaccurate. I am heavily involved in the anti-war movement and I have heard NOTHING about such activities. I actually cannot imagine the anti-war movement doing such a thing. The op-ed also has the claim that "hundreds have protested at military hospitals" also. I believe this is also untrue.
The only protests at military funerals that I have heard about are from the group that is glad IEDs are killing our troops because of homosexuality in the
Anti-war groups would never want to take joy in the killing or pain of another human being. That is clearly not the way to peace.
Please correct this before it becomes an established rumor that everyone believes.
To Letter to the editor at NYT
6/13/06
In the article “Oil, Politics and Bloodshed Corrupt an
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