Letters to the Editor
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‘Giuliani’s Bid to Raise Profile’
Russell Berman confirms that everyone else is learning what New Yorkers already know: Rudolph Giuliani has what it takes [“In Bid to Raise Profile, Aid GOP, Giuliani Rakes In $2 Million,” Russell Berman, Page 1, June 14, 2006].
New York City Democrats outnumber Republicans by a margin of more than five-to-one. Despite the odds, Mr. Giuliani has a proven track record of winning by appealing beyond the traditional, narrow, ideological conservative party base, which is a receipt for defeat.
He has consistently been able to attract large numbers of first time independent and moderate Democratic voters, building a majority coalition necessary for winning. A Republican ticket of John McCain for president and Rudolph Giuliani for vice president in 2008 would be a great choice for voters.
LAWRENCE PENNER
Great Neck, N.Y.
‘Taunting the Imagination’
The United States has a policy of targeted killings of terrorist leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a wise policy as these murderers are killers of the worst type – they wantonly kill children on a school buses, women shopping at the market, men at police stations who try to restore order, and old people at houses of worship [William F. Buckley Jr., “Taunting the Imagination,” Opinion, June 14, 2006].
This policy is applauded by most people who understand what the United States is up against in facilitating the emergence of a democratic form of government in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, there is a double standard here.
The policy is widely condemned upon substituting the country of Israel for the United States, and substituting the former so-called “spiritual leader” of Hamas (Sheik Ahmed Yassin) for terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and his “spiritual adviser,” Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, who also had the blood of innocents on their hands directly.
DAVID KUDISH
Chicago, Il.
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