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...True Meaning of Iron Man Richard Corliss totally missed the boat in his analysis of the movie Iron Man [May 19]. The implicit message of the film, with its stereotypical portrayals of Middle Eastern men and trivialization of the role of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, is not, as Corliss states, that "we've dwelled too long in the crypts of antiscientific dystopia." It is rather that the possession of state-of-the-art high-tech weaponry is the key to the triumph of good over evil, that might makes right and that combat is just a high-tech...
...State of Iraq's Army "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...
...been over five years since Bush's "mission accomplished" in Iraq. When are the military and the Administration going to stop lying about all the "progress" made by the Iraqi forces? The situation grows worse by the day, and the Iraqi forces desert, join the opposition, or simply refuse to fight. The Iraqi government will never take responsibility for its own country until it is forced to. Our troops should leave now. This would force the Iraqi government and armed services to take that responsibility or die trying. I do not agree with John McCain that we should remain...
...count in the Senate's attempt to override President George W. Bush's veto of the farm bill and on a number of controversial provisions, including a measure to expand education assistance to military veterans, in the emergency war supplemental bill, which primarily provides funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
...government may find a Hizballah-dominated Lebanon hard to swallow. Disarming Hizballah and securing Lebanon's independence from Syrian and Iranian influence was one of the Bush administration's major Middle East policies; it garnered broad support among European governments, including France, that were not on board in Iraq. Nor will Israel be keen to live with the fact that its most formidable adversary is now in de facto control of almost an entire country, with a sophisticated banking system, an international airport and a varied mountainous terrain in which to train and prepare for war. But Israel and America...