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Readers of our April 14 issue mused on the Iraq war and focused on its failures. "Saddam managed to disappear," lamented one. "Where are those mythical weapons?" jeered another. The bitterest loss of all? "America's place in history: from champion of democracy to bloodthirsty warmonger."
The Futility of War?
The Iraq war seems to have ended ("Operation Baghdad," April 14). A few hundred Iraqi people are jubilant at their "freedom." A few thousand others are mourning their dead or those crippled by "smart" bombs. Millions more are still numbed by the shock of war, an effect that will last for years. And all this for one man, Saddam Hussein, who managed to disappear. Just like the Afghan war--all that bombing and killing of thousands of civilians for one man who managed to disappear. Americans ought to ask their leaders--who seem to use their military might whenever and wherever they want, to crush whomever they choose--to stop their crusades awhile to think. These last two wars have dragged America's place in history from the champion of democracy and human rights to that of a ruthless, bloodthirsty warmonger. Perhaps the Statue of Liberty should be replaced by one of Al Capone, guns in both hands.
Ali Hasan
Jakarta, Indonesia
An unfounded rant is repeated daily: "Permanent occupation, domination, imperial ambitions...What are the real intentions of the United States in Iraq?" If history is any indicator, Iraq risks the same fate as postwar West Germany and Japan: prosperity, independence and democracy- -and the horror of some (locally staffed and operated) fast-food franchises.
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