Editor,
Regarding Richard Berthold's piece from Feb. 14, I'd like to know how much time Mr. Berthold has spent in Palestine, Israel or Iraq.
What does he know about the intentions of the people in these countries?
I'm tired of hearing speculation about these nations we've labeled as terrorist really being full of poor, poor misunderstood people. How does one come to this conclusion, anyway? They don't like us and they wish us all dead. That's pretty clear-cut to me.
But they have good reason for hating us, some say. We're the great Satan! You know, last time I checked ... we were a country with a stable government, good economic system and citizens who are free to worship - or not - as they choose, dress as they please and go to school if they choose.
We're not all poor, repressed and illiterate. That's why they hate us. Or they hate us because their government has told them that we're the reason they are poor, repressed and illiterate ... close enough. I don't really believe that I'm the reason someone in Iraq doesn't have a goat or a college education. Sorry.
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It's really not my fault that Iraq's leader is a freak on a power trip. Maybe they should talk their problems over with him instead of pinning them on us. Of course, he'd probably shoot anyone who did something like that. But that's our fault too, right?
I refuse to feel guilty because the government of this great nation actually has enough backbone to stand with a few others and do what is right. Not what is politically correct, not what the majority of the United Nations approves of, but what is right.
To the people that don't like it, why don't they try moving over to one of those poor, misunderstood nations? See how nice the government is there.
Ashley Pfalz
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