A fair assessment of war

THE EDITOR: I just read Pastor Winston Cuffie’s commentary, Anti-War Hypocrisy. I spent time in Trinidad a few years ago aboard my sailboat and since then have always kept in contact by reading Newsday online every day. I also read other newspapers from around the world via computer. Pastor Cuffie’s assessment of the US involvement in Iraq is the fairest and most rational one I have seen. Most commentaries support bombing the country back into the stone age or in demanding total withdrawal in order to allow Saddam to continue his killing and terrorism on his own people. I am neither a war monger nor a pacifist but, like Pastor Cuffie, there comes a time when certain actions must be taken in order to protect the long-term well being of a people. Thank you sir, for your speaking out on this important subject.

MIKE ROSE
Bainbridge Island
Washington
USA

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