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...unethical. That sort of behavior should not be tolerated by either the President or the American people. We expect better from our public servants, elected or otherwise. Lucia Foley Cinnaminson, New Jersey, U.S. War of Words In his column "stop trying to spin the Iraq War" [July 25 ], Joe Klein wrote that the Rove-Plame-Wilson affair illuminated "a signature disgrace of the Bush presidency: its tendency to treat the war in Iraq as an issue to be spun, rather than a life-and-death struggle to be won." Klein should be applauded for reminding Americans that Bush...
...Klein noted, "It is long past time for the White House to stop fighting the press and the Democrats and figure out how to fight the war." He should have added that it is time for the press and the Democrats to stop playing politics with the Iraq war and demanding a timetable for U.S. withdrawal. Their words give aid and comfort to the enemy...
...Klein noted, although the U.S. Presidential election is long over, campaign- style spinning persists. The Iraq war is out of control. Anyone who believes there is a political solution to the problems in Iraq must be dreaming. The U.S. will never be able to extricate itself from the fighting in the Middle East. There is something to be said about a comprehensive, multilateral foreign policy for the region that includes diplomacy, inspections and containment: when we had it, it worked. Our entire military could have been gainfully employed right here in the States, out of harm's way, securing...
...Where Credit Is Due Columnist Joe Klein noted that President Bush has changed his emphasis from semiprivatization of Social Security to the solvency of the system [June 20]. But that is only because the Democrats have consistently pointed out that solvency is the real issue. That fits the pattern. It was the Democrats who called for an official inquiry into 9/11, over Bush's objections; it was the Democrats who insisted on a Cabinet-level post for Homeland Security, over Bush's objections; it was the Democrats who insisted on making airport security a federal responsibility, over Bush's objections...
...Klein gives Bush more credit than he deserves. He has consistently misguided the American public on his policies, including tax cuts, No Child Left Behind, Medicare, as well as the invasion of Iraq and what is really happening on the ground there now. He has also stacked the deck in areas such as environmental protection and the judiciary to benefit his biggest contributors. Bush's so-called achievements scare me, given how badly he could botch the Social Security system. Lynne Doyle Flower Mound, Texas...