Howard Young

"twisted" "distorted" "repulsive" "pathetic" were the words Ms Cheng used in her response to Henry Chien's article that appeared in the previous week's issue. These are the words used by the far left elites who dominate the media such as Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, Michael Moore, and other commenatators. These words are used to belittle anyone and any view that is contrary to their own and reflects an intolerance that is contrary to the accepting culture which is part of America. None of those words appear in Mr. Chien's article when he referred to his friends who share Ms Chieng's sentiments. I wish to enumerate a few facts that have received little publicity in the press:

1. Prior to the Iraq war, in addition to the CIA, the Intelligence operations of United Kingdom, (MI 6), Russia, and other countries all claimed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction (WMD). This was the information given to President Bush.

2. Secretary of State Colin Powell was warned by the president of Egypt that Saddam possessed WMD.

3. President Clinton was also convinced that Saddam possessed WMD.

4. Saddam Hussein thumbed his nose at the UN when they passed 17 resolutions restricting his activites after his defeat in Kuwait.

Mr Chien's article was only one of 5 or 6 articles in your newspaper that favored the Republican position. In a free society such as ours a minority view deserves as much respect as the majority.