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...Imagining a New NATO In light of the global threat of terrorism, Walter Isaacson asked, "What would George Marshall and Dean Acheson be doing now?" [Feb. 5]. Isaacson suggested that they might be forging a Mideast Antiterrorism Organization (mato) whose members would include Israel and Iraq. I doubt it. I rather suspect that Marshall and Acheson would be saying they told us so. Both men were vehemently opposed to the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine because they recognized that it was immoral and that it would open up a can of worms that would haunt the region...
...Isaacson's proposal for a MATO is such a simple yet sound idea. The U.S. has squandered much of its soft power - the good will of so much of the world after 9/11 - and is bumping up against the limits of its hard power. A MATO is much needed, sooner rather than later. Quincy Scott San Antonio, Texas...
...Talk with Iran? Walter Isaacson's suggestion that the U.S. should talk with Iran about stabilizing Iraq is delusional and dangerous [Dec. 4]. Iran might play along with the U.S. in order to gain time to complete its nuclear program so that it can control events in the Middle East and threaten the West. Iran has already been successful in helping humble the U.S. in Iraq, and it will surely pursue its goal of removing all Western influence from the Middle East. Discussing the stabilization of Iraq with Iran would be like discussing the stabilization of Poland and Czechoslovakia with...
...Isaacson argued cogently for dialogue with Iran and then sabotaged his arguments by name calling. Does it promote fruitful dialogue to call President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "mad" and say he sounds "like a lunatic"? Has Ahmadinejad done anything remotely as mad and lunatic as invading Iraq? Demonizing and name calling are what have got us into this horrific mess in the Middle East. Carl J. Ekberg Purgitsville, West Virginia...
...Even Isaacson admits that talking with Iran "will not persuade it to abandon its nuclear dreams right away." Then why should we engage in negotiations that will only embolden the Iranian regime and give it credibility in the Western world? Isolation of this rogue nation with sanctions is the only way to proceed, until its leadership is either changed or willing to stop its nuclear program, the avowed objective of which is to destroy Israel and dominate the Middle East. Nelson Marans Silver Spring, Maryland...