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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 12:00 AM

Addicted to war

"House of War" author James Carroll says the Pentagon is out of control, the Cold War was unnecessary -- and it's good that we're failing in Iraq.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006 08:19 PM

    Carroll on Reagan

    To the editors:

    James Carroll is greatly impressed that Reagan went against all his advisors to make peace with Gorbachev. Yet a better president wouldn't have had to, because he wouldn't have surrounded himself with such inept extremists in the first place. (The same applies to JFK.)

    Oddly, Carroll doesn't seem to notice the degree to which the Reagan presidency paved the way for the later hawkish policies he deplores. For example, would the current administration be displaying such contempt for the truth, the law and innocent lives if the whole Reagan administration hadn't got away with their Iran-Contra crimes scot-free?

    Yours Sincerely,

    James J. Matthews

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