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Robert Wood /p> p> NOT A PRAYER br> Re: Jed Babbin's A Most Dispensable Ally : /p>

In your reporting of the Saudis telling George Bush that he could not say a Thanksgiving prayer with our troops, I thought of the reported incident when Teddy Roosevelt was to appear before the English Throne.

He was advised that it was the "norm" for those leaders appearing before the throne to genuflect as he approached it. Teddy told them that "the President bows before no man," and to the horror of his hosts did not do so.

I get a feeling that had Teddy been told not to pray he would not have, like George, accepted that Saudi insult.

p>Of course Teddy was Teddy and George was George. br> -- Ken Wyman br> Huntsville, AL

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