PUBLIC FORUM.We have to fix it Your Jan. 11 editorial, ``Iraq's last chance,'' was right on the mark. As you said, we broke it, and collectively we have to fix it. Granted, mistakes have been made, but for people to constantly carp at the president without coming up with some constructive solutions does a major disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. to our brave armed forces in Iraq. What I find particularly galling are some Democrat leaders who call for a ``phased withdrawal'' without any consideration for whether or not the Iraqis are even ready to shoulder the burden in the vacuum. This will invite more Islamic extremists, and they won't stop there. The American people An American people may be:
v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. frustration with surrender. -- Armand Vaquer Tarzana Deliver us from evil Re ``More U.S. troops will be sent to back Iraqis in ending chaos'' (Jan. 11): Surrender never works, but the surrender crowd never learns. President George W. Bush's biggest mistake was listening to his generals, but when he corrects it by switching to generals who will fight, do his critics rejoice? No. They want to run away even faster. Abraham Lincoln was in danger of losing the Civil War until he replaced generals who wouldn't fight with Ulysses S Ulysses: see Odysseus. Ulysses Joyce novel long banned in U.S. for its sexual frankness. [Irish Lit.: Benét, 1037] See : Censorship . Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman and George Henry Thomas
George Henry Thomas (July 31, 1816 – March 28, 1870) was a career U.S. . Our enemies are fanatical fa·nat·i·cal adj. Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal. fa·nat  i·cal·ly adv. killers who don't negotiate.
Fighting among ourselves will only deliver us into their hands.
-- Charles K. Sergis Calabasas Shows his hand Re ``More U.S. troops will be sent to back Iraqis in ending chaos'' (Jan. 11): President George W. Bush, outlining his decision to send more American troops into the Iraq conflict, has finally shown his hand. He has never had any intention of leaving Iraq but is intent on occupying it for years to come, with American bases and personnel, just as we have in Korea and Germany. Should this surprise anyone who knows how he lied to the American people to justify his invasion of that sovereign nation? -- William P. Mouzis Lake Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999). Not their children Re ``More U.S. troops will be sent to back Iraqis in ending chaos'' (Jan. 11): President George W. Bush plans to commit more than 20,000 additional Americans, our young men and young women, to this ``surge'' in Iraq. I failed to hear that he was planning to send over any of the Bush or Cheney family members. How come this job is always for someone else's children? -- Doris Dent Studio City New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. baby I didn't know that Toys `R' Us is so wimpy Wimpy sloppily dressed comic strip character; always “forgets” to pay for hamburgers. [Comics: “Popeye” in Horn, 657–658] See : Irresponsibility . If the rules stated that the prize was for the first baby born in the new year to a mother who was a legal U.S. resident, why didn't the company stick to its rules? I can't believe how the company kowtowed to pressure from the Chinese-American advocates and gave the $25,000 to a child despite the rules. Apparently the parents of the child don't mind having it known that they are in this country illegally. Perhaps deportation deportation, expulsion of an alien from a country by an act of its government. The term is not applied ordinarily to sending a national into exile or to committing one convicted of crime to an overseas penal colony (historically called transportation). should be looked into. They should have enough money now to live in China for a while. What's fair is fair. -- Barbara Thunell Canoga Park Not their problem Re ``Carted away'' (Jan. 9): Someone who takes a cart home from a market should have to pay a cart deposit and should get a complete refund when the cart is returned. What City Councilman Tony Cardenas Tony Cardenas served in the California State Assembly. In the Assembly, he had the powerful position of chair of the Budget Committee. He is now a Los Angeles City Councilman, representing the 6th district, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. is talking about only penalizes the markets, and then the markets will have to raise prices to recover a preventable loss. A solution is simple: Require a $50 deposit, which is 100 percent refundable upon returning the cart to the store. Impose a $250 fine on anyone who fails to post the deposit and is caught pushing a cart down the street. You do this one time, and I guarantee that shopper will not be taking carts home again. You may say, but these are poor people and they can't afford a cart deposit, much less a fine. Well, that's not the supermarket's problem. -- Clovis Kerr Castaic |
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