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To the Editor:

I applaud the Letter to the Editor written by Sarah Zazoulin. It is wonderful to have a young citizen take responsibility and have the courage to express her views publicly.

She writes with emotion, maturity and understanding.

Our armed forces exist to protect freedom for all citizens whether they have been born here or immigrated to find a new life.

I hope Sarah's classmates will appreciate her thoughts and try to "walk in her shoes."

Lois Worcester

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To the Editor:

A thought for Jack Addison: By your logic the United States will have to liberate North Korea next. Same problems there as the ones you outline: ruthless dictator, weapons of mass destruction, Axis of Evil.

So why is North Korea only a "local issue?" If Iraq didn't have oil we would treat them just like we treat Africa; we wouldn't give them the time of day.

As for the notion that the U.S. government believes that "... Iraqi oil is for the Iraqi people," that is socialistic at best and communistic at worst. It is an ideal our government has never supported in any other third world country.

Your last paragraph is especially ironic. In order to deal with a regime that brooks no dissent, we must subvert our Constitution and emulate that regime in order to achieve military victory.

A thought for Col. John Miller: That "...ruthless dictator!" you so despise was our thug. Our CIA directly assisted his ascent to power. U.S. military programs and support during the Iran/Iraq war gave him the technology and raw materials to build all of the weapons of mass destruction we're so worried about now.

Like me, I'm sure that you must be elated that we will no longer be installing and supporting thugs around the world. Of course after the diplomatic debacle we had with "democratic" Turkey, I'll bet we wish there was still a dictator there to buy off.

A thought for Terry Burke: Maybe people have a problem with the election of Mr. Bush because he was the loser that was appointed president by five conservative Supreme Court judges.

We claim to be fighting for democracy in Iraq but we are afraid of democracy here. I wonder what the Iraqis will think about the Electoral College concept when we build it into their new constitution? Or will we continue to be the only "democracy" in the world with an Electoral College, the quaint undemocratic feature that allows the loser to win an election?

A thought for Sarah A. Zazoulin: Very eloquently said.

Dean Billing

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To the Editor:

George W. Bush and his administration have developed a very functional business plan for the United States.

Step One is the unsanctioned invasion of a sovereign nation to destabilize the existing government and oust it from power.

This leads to significant arsenal depletion and some very nice defense contracts for big business. All paid for by the taxpayers of the United States of course.

Step Two is the reconstruction of the nation that has just been defeated. This causes some very profitable contracts to be placed with the big business Republican donor sector. The plan could not be going better; particularly because those poor middle class taxpayers who paid for step one will now pay for step two.

Step Three is concurrent. While the nation's attention is focused on Iraq, thousands of pesky social and environmental regulations that interfere with profit at any price can be rolled back, ignored or eliminated. Talk about a plan!!!

Step Four is the big one. That pipeline from Iraq to Jordan that Donald Rumsfeld and Bechtel tried so hard to build in the early eighties can now be put in place. Let the oil flow.

Yes indeed; all in all a very good plan.

Mike Hinds