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...Fresh Look at Iraq The release of the Iraq study group's report gave me hope that the U.S. will move back to a more cooperative foreign policy [Dec. 18]. In the shock following 9/11, the U.S. Administration stepped into a trap laid by al-Qaeda. Five years later, civil rights are restricted the world over, Islamic radicals have gained strength, and the so-called war on terrorism has produced more hostile fighters. Tough talk about evildoers and enemies of freedom has further fueled confrontation. I hope it is now understood that bombs don't spread democracy, whether in Iraq...
...Dividing Iraq would serve no purpose. The fighting there would just escalate from an Iraqi civil war to a war among Arab states. If the different factions in Iraq are separated, it won't mean they would peacefully coexist; they would keep fighting. Nobody but a few Sunni tribes liked Saddam, and nobody can say it isn't good that he is gone, but most Iraqis share only one viewpoint now: they want the U.S. out. If the U.S. set a deadline for getting out of Iraq, it would help. Reuben Luoma-Overstreet Dulles, South Africa...
...Somalia falls within the military's CENTCOM command area, and as a longtime Qaeda theater of operations has been a focus of U.S. military interest for years. Special Operations command has been active in the Horn of Africa with psychological operations and civil projects, such as building water wells and providing veterinary services, in several countries in the region for a number of years. The CENTCOM base in the tiny country of Djibouti - from which the gunship raid was staged - has become an important focus of regional counterterror efforts. Units based there have also played a central role in helping...
...large minority of the Massachusetts Legislature voted to advance a 2008 ballot referendum that, if approved by the Commonwealth’s electorate, will impose a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. In so doing, the Legislature compromised one of the most fundamental principles of our democracy: that the civil rights of minorities are meant to be protected by the government, not hijacked by popular passion. Gay and lesbian couples, like all people, have the right to marry—a right that should not be jeopardized by political maneuvering.The very ability to amend the Massachusetts constitution through ballot referenda...
When you announced that NBC was going to describe the Iraq conflict as a civil war, some critics jokingly called it your Cronkite moment [referring to Walter Cronkite's 1968 on-air declaration that the Vietnam War was unwinnable]. Does it bother you that you're not always taken seriously...