International Letters: Killing Taliban Pows

Readers of our Aug. 26 cover story on Afghan war crimes unanimously admired our investigative report. "Kudos!" cheered one. Another, stunned by our "journalistic integrity and thoroughness, ordered [his] first-ever subscription." Many felt the United States should be held accountable.

An Impending War?

To attack when necessary is bad enough, but to go to war on an if, a might and a maybe leaves me speechless. And now, eloquent speech writers will make something noble out of this macho militancy.
Michael G. Driver
Ichihara, Japan

George W. Bush's decision on Iraq will be an awful attack for the whole world because, as we know, Iraq has admitted to having at least 3.9 tons of VX gas that can be used in war. Besides, we cannot ignore the reaction of the world's Muslims against the United States.
Walayat Hussain
via internet

I'm very worried that president Bush will initiate something to force leaders to justify the war with Iraq. It seems like his father's revenge--and our young will pay the price along with other innocent people who may get in the way.
Marta Eskridge
Wilmington, Delaware

The United States is totally justified in targeting a rogue Middle Eastern country that has weapons of mass destruction, invades its neighbors, defies U.N. resolutions and international laws, and oppresses and terrorizes minorities and opponents to its regime. The country I'm thinking of is Israel: it has nuclear weapons, has invaded Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon, has consistently defied all U.N. resolutions pertaining to it and inflicts the worst kinds of terror on its Arab population. We should go and effect a regime change in Israel whether it accepts weapons inspectors or not.
Ali Mili
Newark, New Jersey