Tuesday, December 16, 2003

A rare moment of lucidity on the NYT Letters page

From today's paper:

To the Editor:
You report that "Saddam Hussein, once the all-powerful leader of Iraq, was arrested without a fight on Saturday night by American soldiers" (front page, Dec. 15).

Suicide bombers, take heed. Your leader did not follow his own advice. There is no honor in death. Man's natural instinct is to live — even if it means surrendering to the enemy.

Fight to live honorably, not to die as someone's pawn.

Well put.

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