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...shrinking sources of water. Water wouldn't be a sole trigger for war but rather a "threat multiplier" - a factor that worsens the social instability that can lead to conflict. That can happen even inside a country - one of the most violent protests in recent Chinese history occurred in April 2005, when over 30,000 villagers in Zhejiang province clashed with police over water pollution from a local chemical plant...
Looking closely at your cover illustration, I note that the oarsmen are rowing toward, not away from, the brink of the waterfall [April 6]. I hope that Cecelia Wong is not prophetic. David Cadwgan, HALTWHISTLE, ENGLAND...
...Upside of Danger I truly appreciate the nonpartisan tone Kurt Andersen took in his essay "The End of Excess" [April 6]. I say this not because I think America should become nonpartisan but because being a partisan nation has and will continue to make us the greatest nation on the planet. At the end of the day, we need to realize that the only thing we are entitled to is a chance. Ryan Hanson, RHINELANDER...
Drugs and Mexico Re "Moment" on Mexico by Tim Padgett [April 6]. Hillary Clinton's journey is useless. If she wants to do something she should stay home and try to find out why people try to flee reality with drugs. As long as there is need there will be supply. Anders Hoeglund, STOCKHOLM
...Georgia Brandishing Sticks, Throwing Carrots More than 60,000 protesters converged on Tbilisi on April 9, calling for President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign over his mishandling of last year's conflict with Russia. The demonstrators, representing a wide range of opposition parties, criticized Saakashvili's lavish lifestyle and his defeat in the war over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. Some threw carrots and cabbage at the presidential residence, released a live rabbit (to represent, they said, his rabbitlike cowardice against Russia) and mocked him in political theater performances. But after a week, the number of protesters had dwindled...