Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 179 Editor's Choice: 8
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@ Randall Cameron
[Read the article: Seizing American supremacy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I concur with your analysis. All too often Salon puts up junk that is poorly researched, never balanced, intended to be shrill and, of course, of limited usefulness.
I think what this guy was trying to get to is whether the Iraq war will become some sort of historical turning point such as the 6-Day War in 1967 was for the broader Middle East. I tend to think not because the US can certainly regroup elsewhere and move on. Abu Ghraib was unfortunate but pales in comparison to the al-Qaida in Iraq atrocities. The hysteria over GWB will end and hopefully future presidents will be elected based upon their intellectual skills, leadership abilities and not narrow ideological focus.
One area of concern is that with worldwide opinion so intensely anti-American, in particular, and somewhat anti-West in general that the 15-30 age bracket has grown up with no positive appreciation of Western values or accomplishments. The older generations are leaving us and they have always provided a buffer against the upside-down thinking that is the usual message coming from foreign media. The US needs to continuously invest in educating the world that US and Western values are truly exceptional and worth safeguarding.
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@Raddemo
[Read the article: Seizing American supremacy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Your post is a dump of Kos, Salon, Moveon lefty propaganda. Your views lack any true insight into world events other than "I hate Bush", which is like "so what, tell me something I don't know".
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Politics is warfare by a different name
[Read the article: How can I love my Republican parents?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It used to be "warfare is politics by a different name". Today, it is in reverse order.
All of us are repugs or Dems for some singular reason. Something in our adolescence made us identify with one party or the other. Prior to 1960, everything was class-oriented based on economics, whilst the GOP were the WASPish types who ran everything except Hollywood and the Dems were the working class or the intellectual classes. Nobody but whites were allowed to vote so politics meant debating taxes and the Cold War. Such mundane topics ultimately led to compromise because economics is a fungible commodity; it can be divided up. The only issue was who got how much.
Move the clock ahead by 40 years and politics today has relatively nothing to do with economics and everything to do with spiritual and religious values. These values are very personal and we have lost the ability to compromise without compromising these core values. This causes everyone to pre-judge everyone based upon their party affiliation. It is no wonder that families get torn apart by these labels we attach to others, rightly or wrongly.
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Re: Anonymous
[Read the article: My girlfriend tried cocaine at a party! She was drunk! Oh my God!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You declare with such certainty and condescension that doing a little coke at a party on a casual basis hurts no one, certainly not the user. So who cares? What the f___. What about all the dead bodies between here and Colombia piling up in places like Tijuana, all the bribes and corruption along the way that are invisible to the users? Don't think for a second that illegal drug use is a victimless crime.
Maybe the writer has a conscience and sees the bigger picture whilst small-thinkers like you, who hide behind "anon", don't.
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Lefty Messenger
[Read the article: The waning power of the War Myth]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gary Kariya is part of the left-wing message machine that is in full election year mode. He is cherry-picking his facts, as usual, such as "16% of the Iraqi population is either dead, displaced or a refugee" and that the entire country is destroyed (by Bush, of course, no responsibility assigned to al-Qaida, of course). Looking into the recent past, I would say that 95% of Germans were in the same boat as Iraqis in 1945 and that country resurrected itself quite nicely. Japan was nuked in 1945, all of its cities were leveled, yet they were economic powerhouses by 1960. Vietnam lost almost 10% of its total population between 1960-75. Korea was flattened in 1950-53. France lost 4% of its male population in WWI.
Whether 650,000 dead Iraqis is right or not, who knows, that's 500 per day, everyday, since 2003. Seems high based on news reports.
My point is that GK never puts out anything that is really useful.
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Mixed Signals
[Read the article: Pat Buchanan's faulty diagnosis]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Joan,
If you believe the Catholic teachings on homosexuality, it is not sinful or evil to be gay, but you have to remain lifetime celibate, oppose gay marriages, civil unions, the gay agenda; all the things that Salon thinkers believe in. I don't know if Craig is Catholic but I think Buchanan is or was and Walsh was so there you have it: opposing viewpoints along the lines of current Catholic teachings. Nothing more.