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...Disconcerting Duty With your article on the deployment in Iraq of soldiers from Asian countries [Feb. 16], you included a photo of a Japanese soldier in full combat gear on patrol in the southern town of Samawah. You noted that Samawah is not an area of heavy Iraqi resistance, so I found the soldier's attire disquieting. I would rather have seen him wearing a T shirt and jeans while building a school and surrounded by smiling Iraqi children than ready for battle. Tetsuro Umeji Kudamatsu City, Japan...
...Although I accept the explanation that Bush decided not to renew his flight physical because he was no longer flying the jet on which he had trained, I think it is remarkable that he was able to make a decision that negatively affected his combat-readiness status. I served in the military, and I had no idea that I could have just opted out of required training or physical exams. Jack Slade Knoxville...
...streets is an irritant, not a reassurance. But the U.S. has also been moving its forces out of the cities into walled-off garrisons to reduce American casualties. Now in the midst of the largest troop rotation since World War II, the Pentagon is replacing seasoned Army combat divisions, in part, with Marines and a sizable corps of reserve and National Guard units (they will make up nearly 40% of the post-June force) unfamiliar with the country, lacking in hands-on experience and trained to operate quite differently. In January before the House Armed Services Committee, Marine Corps Commandant...
...Merrill Lynch analyst Mark Iannotti says it's "increasingly difficult to have confidence" in Shell's senior management. Still, he - like others - is sticking to his "neutral" rating for the stock. Sins Of Emission In its efforts to combat climate change, the European Commission seems to be producing its own hot air. Brussels boasted last week that all provisions of the 1997 Kyoto protocol on climate change are now legally binding. As part of the Kyoto deal, the E.U. agreed to lower greenhouse gas emission levels by 8% below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012. But legislation alone...
This is especially disturbing, he added, because there is no simple way to combat such sentiments...