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...When will they be ready?" is the wrong question [May 12]. The U.S. pays for the service of Iraqi soldiers and gets a weak return for low pay and very little inspiration. An army can become strong only when it is instilled with a sense of pride. And that cannot grow while the U.S. calls the shots. It can grow only when the U.S. summons the courage to let go of Iraq. Paul Sievers, MUNICH, GERMANY...
...high-achieving public high school student, I would be delighted to be accepted to just one of the nine great colleges that offered Sarah Simon a place in their class of 2012. I really cannot sympathize with her "predicament." Caroline Gallagher, TOPSFIELD, MASS...
...familiar part belongs to Hillary Clinton, whose lopsided, 35-point victory in Kentucky will help her keep making the case that Obama cannot appeal to key working-class voters, but will leave her short of the pledged delegates she needs to secure the nomination. While she will likely valiantly fight on in the remaining contests of Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico, she will soon join the ranks of other Democratic also-rans, both from this cycle and cycles past, who lacked the money, staying power and delegate totals needed to keep their dreams for the top spot alive. Closing...
...Proposition 22, a state referendum from 2000 that passed with over 60 percent of the vote, voters chose to define marriage as between a man and a woman. Whether or not one agrees with that definition, the court cannot and should not strike it down without a legitimate reason. The role of the judicial branch in protecting minorities extends only to assuring that their constitutional rights are not violated...
...Under the circumstances, McCain cannot really run either as an anti-Bush or as a pro-Bush Republican. He has to move beyond Bush. He also has to move beyond his party's divisions over Bush. Too many of the anti-Bush Republicans believe that merely returning to a pre-Bush Eden of rock-ribbed conservatism would bring the party back to power...