I agree with what she said:

To the Editor:

You quote a United States lieutenant colonel in Iraq as saying, “With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them” (“Tough New Tactics by U.S. Tighten Grip on Iraq Towns,” front page, Dec. 7).

Have we become a country whose primary exports are violence and money?

ELIZABETH P. LOVE
Durham, N.C., Dec. 7, 2003

Also, read Road to Surfdom on our military attacking a union headquarters in Iraq. We’ll have no collective bargaining under our occupation! The Bush regime is keeping Saddam’s anti-organizing laws as it rewrites the Iraqi legal system.

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While we’re on the subject of unions, Queerday gives us this story:

Calling their action “Queer Eye for Justice at H&M,” U.S. Representative and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats, UNITE union members and gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activists staged a protest at H&M’s busy Soho store in New York City, complete with a 20 foot inflatable skunk draped in a rainbow flag ascot. H&M, known for aggressively marketing to the gay community, was targeted for their anti-union contract. “The workers at H&M have made a brave decision to try to exercise their right to organize and bargain collectively,” Kucinich told the crowd. “Exercising this internationally recognized human right helps keep our democracy alive.”

I think Kucinich is pretty great.