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...some Western observers in Baghdad, it seemed like an odd thing for al-Maliki to mention, given the more momentous theme of the day. The MEK is an obscure group known for launching attacks on Iran in the 1980s and '90s, when Iraq and Iran were bitter, warring enemies. But since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the MEK has been stripped of its weapons, confined to its base at Camp Ashraf about 80 miles north of Baghdad and guarded by U.S. troops. The group is hardly an immediate threat to Iraqi security, or even particularly relevant to the challenges Iraq...
...your website and b) you could not have printed all your lists in the magazine. But at least give us the chance to hear out your TV critic instead of printing his list in microscopic type on the cover. Also, in "Top 10 Religion Stories," your writer neglected to mention that the Mormon Church could lose its tax-exempt status if it is found to have substantively influenced legislation in its efforts to ratify California's Proposition 8, banning same-sex marriage. Jeff Sinclair, San Francisco...
...want to discuss the U.S.'s new, restrictive migration policies and high corn subsidies for U.S. farmers, which hurt Mexican farmers. Canada may want to pursue new energy trade policies. Mexico's current conservative government has opposed reopening the terms of NAFTA, but recent political fractures in Canadanot to mention an increasingly complex global economic situation will likely keep the debate lively well past NAFTA's next anniversary...
Which isn't to say that the Cuban revolution doesn't deserve its due. It overthrew one of Latin America's most putrid dictators, championed the poor (still a rare thing to do in Latin America) and showed the U.S. that its worst Monroe Doctrine impulses (not to mention the Mafia that was overrunning Cuba then) could be thwarted. People buy Che Guevara T shirts for more than just the lefty chic. The Miami exiles (many of whom backed Fidel Castro before he went communist) deserve their props too, despite the Elian Gonzalez mess. Most were not corrupt oligarchs...
...Want My 401(k)! I read Justin Fox's article with horror [Dec. 15]. The basic premise: a government-run pension is more secure than my 401(k). Curiously, I saw no mention of a current government program called Social Security - one the government has handled so expertly I probably will never get to collect from it. Now those same people think they can do better with retirement funds? It is easy to make decisions when the rules don't apply to you. No members of government will have to worry about their pension or medical care. The market works...