zarqawi's death does not justify iraq war

[to_the_editor]

Don't celebrate yetI'm glad we finally killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, but before we celebrate, let's remember that we ourselves created this monster. Who had heard of Zarqawi before we invaded Iraq? Would his international terror network exist today had we not invaded

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a good response from a conservative columnist

[to_the_editor]

It can seem the news is always bad.If a river isn’t flooding you’ll never see a journalist reporting live saying, “Things are fine here.” But let that river creep over its banks and you’ll suddenly have journalists with full rain gear to update viewers inch-by-inch

Re: a good response from a conservative columnist

[to_the_editor]

Or, maybe not. Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich, one of the accused, says his Marines followed the rules of engagement. His attorney says Wuterich is “really upset that people believe that he and his Marines are even capable of intentionally killing innocent civilians.” In any event, a full military investigation is underway. We ought to wait for the results before we declare that anyone did anything wrong.

Back in World War II, reporters rode along with our soldiers and frequently wrote in the first person. “[The mountains] are easy to defend and bitter to take. But we are taking them,” Ernie Pyle wrote from Tunisia in 1943. It may be too much to ask for today’s journalists, who see themselves as citizens of the world, to align themselves with our troops and call themselves “we.”

But those of us on the home front deserve to hear the good news, too -- not just stories about IED blasts, but the success stories as well. Good news needs to become newsworthy again.

Re: a good response from a conservative columnist

[to_the_editor]

Your point is well taken that Zarqawi was not entirely unknown before
the Iraq war. However, the thrust of my letter was to prevent people
from saying "the Iraq war is justified because we killed Zarqawi". It's
that kind of reaction and celebration that I want to throw cold water on
-- not on the killing of Zarqawi itself. I should have made that more
explicit in my letter, but I think it's already pretty clear.

Best,

Ilya Shlyakhter

Re: a good response from a conservative columnist

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From: Tucker, Rich (rich.tuckerATheritageDOTorg) Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 4:41 PM
Sorry I took so long to respond.
You wrote, "Zarqawi's terror network is just one of many unintended
consequences of our invasion."
That's simply incorrect. His networjk existed and he was killing
Americans before we invaded. Because we invaded, we were able to kill
him (and many other bad guys.)

John Kerry

[anonymous]

Military service is supposed to protect the rights of free speech not limit them. Kerry's claim that “most of his critics have never worn the uniform," belies his feelings that his particular service was about protecting rights, rather than maintaining the freedoms of those he was supposed to protect. Of course no one knows for sure but I tend to believe those who charge that at least two of Kerry's three claimed Purple Hearts where not merited. The reason I think that is anyone who has truly sacrificed that much for their country would not demean the service of other servicemen. Kerry should seriously think about how you can make amends in his resignation speech.

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