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...Deputy's Decisions Your article "The Godfather of the Iraq War," about Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz [Dec. 29-Jan. 5], contained some false and unfair criticism of him. Recently the Administration decided to allow U.S.-taxpayer dollars to fund prime contractors only from the U.S., Iraq, other coalition partners and nations contributing forces to the effort in Iraq. This was a correct, principled decision and was approved by the President and all members of his national-security team. To lay any criticism of this decision at Wolfowitz's doorstep is unfair. He is an important member...
...Although you described Wolfowitz as an "intellectual" and the first to push Bush to topple Saddam after 9/11, he has surely not mastered the subject of history [Dec. 29-Jan. 5]. If he had been in one of the history classes that I taught, he would have learned how democracy took root in England in 1215 with the Magna Carta and developed over the course of centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy...
Your article "The Godfather of the Iraq War," about Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz [Dec. 29--Jan. 5], contained some false and unfair criticism of him. Recently the Administration decided to allow U.S. taxpayer dollars to fund prime contractors only from the U.S., Iraq, other coalition partners and nations contributing forces to the effort in Iraq. This was a correct, principled decision and was approved by the President and all members of his national security team. To lay any criticism of this decision at Wolfowitz's doorstep is unfair. He is an important member of the President's national...
Although you described Wolfowitz as an "intellectual" and the first to push Bush to topple Saddam after 9/11, he has surely not mastered the subject of history. If he had been in one of the history classes that I taught, he would have learned how democracy took root in England in 1215 with the Magna Carta and developed over the course of centuries. He would have studied the French Revolution and the travails of that country as it struggled to emerge as the France of today. Does Wolfowitz realize how difficult it is to bring democracy to a people...
Elliott was wrong in arguing that Wolfowitz's memo would cause a diplomatic row just before presidential envoy James Baker III visited Europe on a mission to reduce Iraq's debt to other countries. The memo was clearly a hardball negotiating tactic. Faced with this threat, France and Germany finally relented and agreed to forgive some of Iraq's debt. In the end, the U.S. will reconsider the policy on contracts in Iraq. Apparently, Elliott knows nothing of real-world negotiations. MORGAN CONRAD Montara, Calif...