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...were being slaughtered, and we were mighty thankful to see the Yanks occupying our countryside, I can tell you. Thank God there were no Kinsleys around wanting to bring the boys home when the going got tough. By comparison, Iraq is a walk in the park. Reg Brissenden Dorset, England...
...over Iraq, it would be the most powerful nation in the region and fearless in confronting the West. Iran is a big dog penned up in its yard. But if we withdraw troops from Iraq, Iran will become a monster that no yard can hold. Adam J. Cooney Coventry, England...
...this moment of peril, radical Federalists wanted to break America up. Morris called for New England and New York to secede. He admitted this would cause "civil war. And what of it?" New England Federalists tried a moderate-seeming two-step. Delegates from five states met in Hartford, Conn., in December 1814 for a three-week-long convention. They wanted to divert federal tax revenue to their states for self-defense and have the central government recognize state laws shielding their citizens from conscription--in effect, giving New England its own military and foreign policy. If Madison balked at these...
...John Adams, had accomplished great things during the 1790s. But they suffered from the taint of élitism and in the election of 1800 lost the White House and Congress to their enemies, the Republicans (ancestors of today's Democrats). Federalism shrank to a regional bloc based in New England...
...over Iraq, Iran would be the most powerful nation in the region and fearless in confronting the West. Iran is a big dog penned up in its yard. But if we withdraw troops from Iraq, Iran will become a monster that no yard can hold. Adam J. Cooney, Coventry, England...