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...church, like any other institution, is part of society and the faults and sins of its members reflect society at large. Nowadays, we and our children can easily access pornography with a click of our mouse. Video games very often have violent and explicit content. Priests, like other human beings, live in a world where sex is ubiquitous. It is painful for me to learn of the acts of some priests, but the sins of a few cannot be the reason to abandon the church and forget what Christ has preached. Carlos Barcia, MURCIA, SPAIN...
Down with the Man Christopher Hayes' article "The Twilight of the Elites" is a fantastic reminder of the hubris of supposed experts [March 22]. Since the financial crisis started, many consultants, fund managers and other privileged executives have proved to be glorified charlatans. Perhaps, like the Roman generals of old, they should keep lackeys on hand, tasked to repeatedly remind them of their fragile human mortality. Rafael Pintos-López, MICHELAGO, AUSTRALIA
Opening up a new front in North Waziristan now, Pakistani military officials say, could undo the gains achieved in areas like Swat by diverting troops from areas they must continue to control. As one officer said, "To hold the ground, you have to be on the ground." The heavy security footprint, the Pakistanis argue, is aimed at avoiding the U.S. military's experience in Iraq, where some areas like Mosul north of Baghdad, once cleared, saw troops draw down only to have militants return and necessitate the re-insertion of American forces to clear them out again. (Will Pakistan...
Lieutenant Colonel Akhtar Abbas, army spokesman in Swat, says the military is taking its cue from the populace. "We listened to them, we tried to solve their problems," he says. "They're our own brothers and sisters, we're not like the Americans in Iraq...
...Pakistan," says Farzana Shaikh, a senior Pakistan analyst at London's Royal Institute of International Affairs, "because that would mean going to the heart of the military and its intelligence arm. This is a weak civilian government. The military still calls the shots. That's the reality of Pakistan. Like many other murders, we are not going to get any answers any time soon...