Obama doesn’t need any lessons from Charen
I could hardly believe my eyes when I read the headline attached to Mona Charen’s column (“Mr. President, there’s a lot you need to learn,” Opinion, Mar. 14).
The very idea of a hardline, right-wing pundit giving President Obama an education on women’s health was profoundly lacking in credibility (but, at the same time, hilarious).
Birney A. Montcalm, Winston
Democrats succeeded in distracting the GOP
My congratulations to President Obama and the Democrats. They created the perfect straw man via the contraception and abortion mandate. They took all the attention away from the economy and unemployment.
The Republicans fell for it hook, line and sinker. What they should have done is let the clergy handle the issue and not pay any attention to it at all. When will we see wise men use their brains and think before they act? Never, I suspect.
Fred Hahn, Roswell
Rage reveals why U.S. military should leave
Evidently, we are living in a time of double standards.
You read of the tragic event that occurred in Afghanistan, involving an American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghans. You see the rage of the Afghan people.
I do not see any outrage when the Taliban or al-Qaida blow up a school or set off a bomb in a public square. Why? People fear the Taliban and al-Qaida, and have no respect for Americans who are fighting for their country.
Why are we in Afghanistan, and why are we fighting for a country whose citizens will not fight for themselves? Our presence there changes nothing, so why are we there?
Jim Carter, Snellville
U.S. should have learned from Russia
Our knowledge of history, sociology and anthropology should play as large a role in developing battle plans as they should in deciding whether or not to embark on war. Afghanistan is a classic example of this model not being followed.
Invaded and occupied time and time again throughout history, the people of Afghanistan are fiercely tribal (and hardy). By examining the occupation by Russia’s military, we would have known that the multinational force led by the United States would stand little chance of pacifying this populace.
Overwhelming force is not always the answer. We could have saved thousands of civilian and military lives, and billions of dollars.
Ronald D. Johnson, Austell
May be too many ‘nos’ for voters to say yes
The GOP has a problem.
Heretofore, the GOP has nearly always put forward a candidate for president who elicited confidence and respect. This election cycle, you have one candidate with no core, one candidate with no integrity, one candidate with no balance and one candidate with no chance.
Where is the candidate with a core, integrity, balance and a chance to win? He may very well be on the other ticket.
Surely, we could have done better than this.
William Jordan, LAWRENCEVILLE
