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...Glory and Grief I was dismayed by the title of Charles Krauthammer's essay "Shock and Awe" [Jan. 24]. That was the name used by the U.S. military for massive bombings and missile attacks on Iraq at the start of the invasion. Krauthammer referred to the shock of the tsunami and marveled at humanity's overwhelming generosity in response to the disaster, but using a phrase associated with the Iraq war was unfortunate. His commentary ignored the misery and destruction of war. The tsunami was a natural disaster; the Iraqi tragedy was man-made. Renee Arazie Aventura, Florida...
...Wake of the Flood The spontaneity and abundance of tsunami-relief aid from the world over are beyond my wildest dreams [Jan. 10]. That generosity reinforces the faith I've always had in the essential goodness of mankind. The media seem to emphasize only the evil and crookedness of people, as if good and kind gestures are not newsworthy. Evil acts are what get prominent coverage by the press. Chandy John Bangalore, India...
...Ongoing Iraq Disaster The public outpouring of support for tsunami victims is impressive and admirable [Jan. 10]. But why are the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians met with silence or head-in-the-sand denial? While the media are preoccupied with feel-good, human-interest stories stemming from the tsunami catastrophe, the killing in Iraq continues. And unlike the tsunami, the death and destruction in Iraq were completely avoidable, as no defensible justification for the invasion has yet emerged. How can the compassion and empathy of the American people be so selective? Bush stated that the scale...
...Undue Respect All too often, TIME chooses the U.S. President as Person of the Year [Dec. 27-Jan. 3]. Bush won re-election by a very slim margin. No great performance there. And the President is by no means a revolutionary. He is responsible for invading a country under false pretenses, clamping down on personal freedoms at home, conducting a reckless fiscal policy and letting the dollar slide. It's an insult to the word revolutionary to apply it to Bush. Frank M. Wiesebron Paris
Hanover, N.H. Jan. 8. Harvard trails 49-46. Senior guard Kevin Rogus has a three-point shot go in-and-out as the Crimson suffers its first loss of the Ivy season...