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11.7.07 @ 12:01AM

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Some years ago, I got lucky in the stock market. Unfortunately, I confused my run of luck with being smart. I guess the same sort of thing can happen with people who really are smart. Like Vinod Koshla.
-- Dan Martin
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

FROM THE HAGUE
Re: Philip Klein's His Way:

Phillip Klein is concerned that the State Department is wresting control of foreign policy away from conservatives. Let's review the record of the conservatives:

1. The Taliban is regaining control of Afghanistan.

2. The reason for the surge in Iraq has yet to materialize (no, the goal was not to reduce casualties although this is desirable).

3. Our ally in spreading democracy in the Middle East (Pakistan) has just become less democratic.

4. The peace process for Israel and the Palestinians is going nowhere. This is because the Bush administration paid no attention to the problem for so long and, now, the real focus of the Middle East is the growing power of Iran, Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas.

5. Iran's power has grown, in part, because the political check on that power, Iraq, was destroyed by the U.S.

6. We are working overtime to keep Turkey and the Kurdish rebels apart.

7. Unilateralism and arrogance have made it difficult for the U.S. to find enthusiastic allies anywhere, inside the UN or outside, for our diplomatic initiatives.

8. Mr. Putin, whose soul is more opaque than Mr. Bush realized, is taking Russia in a direction antithetical to our interests.

9. We are no closer to energy independence than we were when Mr. Bush took office which severely limits our options.

10. Problems south of the border, which are partly responsible for our immigration problem, haven't even appeared on this administration's radar screen.

Like Brownie, the conservatives are doing a heck of a job.
-- Mike Roush
North Carolina

UNNATURAL DISASTERS
Re: Jeffrey Lord's A History of Liberal Disasters:

Letter to the Editor

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