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...Staff writer Claire M. Guehenno can be reached at guehenno@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Laurence H. M. Holland can be reached at lholland@fas.harvard.edu...
...divert $200 million (1%) of the proposed $20 billion arms deal to support soccer in Iraq. That may be a more effective way to achieve national identity and unity than introducing more smart bombs into the Middle East. Maybe throw David Beckham into the deal, too. Dan Joldersma, Holland, Michigan...
...viable. When a $10 pipe bomb can blow up a humvee or Bradley vehicle, it just shows the whole world that our concept of warfare has been a colossal mistake. Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's plan has turned out to be a waste of lives and treasure. John Holland, Anaheim, Calif...
...hard to tell whether these comparisons are contrived, elucidative or banal, but they mostly entertain in the way that popular history can. For example, he writes that today's sprawling multinational corporations are modeled on the crown-backed trading houses of England, Portugal and Holland, whose empires themselves followed a continuum stretching back to the ancient kingdoms of Mesopotamia. He contends that the silver and gold bullion mined in Mexico and Peru and shipped across oceans in galleons by the conquering Spanish preceded the convertible currencies and credit cards that now keep the world's economy ticking. NGOs like Human...
...Staff writer Laurence H. M. Holland can be reached at lholland@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Clifford M. Marks can be reached at cmarks@fas.harvard.edu...