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Readers were skeptical about whether the killing of al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, would hasten the end of the war?and whether it merited the big-red-X treatment on our cover...
Fighting the insurgency in Iraq has eroded the appeal of the Bush Doctrine in a more mundane but no less significant way: it's exhausting. Public backing for the war rose slightly after the killing of terrorist leader Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi in Iraq last month, but the unremitting body count has pushed those numbers back down again. More than half the public believes going to war was not worth the cost. The drain on U.S. resources is becoming embarrassing. According to the Associated Press, the diversion of money for Iraq is partly responsible for a shortfall in an Army...
Klein failed to provide any useful advice for the confused and divided Democrats, as they argue about withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. He stated that the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, was "eliminated through terrific intelligence work and air power, neither of which required a substantial U.S. ground presence in Iraq." Klein ignored the tremendous value U.S. ground forces contribute to that intelligence environment and to the targeting capability used to eliminate al-Zarqawi. ROBERT BILLINGS Lake Mary...
...pleased that U.S. and Iraqi forces killed the monster Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, Iraq's most-wanted terrorist [June 19]. President George W. Bush should rightly be enjoying an upturn in his political fortunes. I hope it's not wishful thinking to regard al-Zarqawi's death as a step toward peace and the welcome departure of coalition troops. Jeff Robertson Yellow Springs, Ohio, U.S. time reported that al-Zarqawi had a $25 million bounty on his head and that an al-Qaeda informant pointed the way to him. Al-Zarqawi's death may have been, as you stated...
...Good riddance to al-Zarqawi, who killed a lot of innocent people in his limited time as a terrorist. But how does the evil he was responsible for compare with the death and destruction visited upon innocent Iraqis as a result of U.S. bombings and atrocities like Haditha? I await the day when the Iraqis celebrate a similar good riddance to the U.S. troops as they withdraw from Iraq. Shehzad Ahmed Mir Islamabad Is the Boom Over? "Can Spain sustain?" [June 19] reported on an economic matter that transcends ideological debates and is present in Spain's everyday life...