Rumsfeld Finds Himself in a Big Iraqi Mudhole
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The coalition forces led by the U.S. are not being allowed to do a good job in Iraq. Our government should rethink its policy, with the aim of having the United Nations rather than the U.S. direct and manage a return to peace in Iraq. With the full cooperation of the U.S., there may then be peace with honor.
Janet Macaulay
Claremont
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” So said George Santayana. Congratulations, Mr. President, on creating Vietnam in the Middle East.
Jeffrey A. Wolf
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld claimed he does not do quagmires. He surely found himself one helluva mudhole.
Herbert Delo
Grover Beach
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