Instead of sending tens of millions of dollars to Yemen for military purposes, the U.S. should be spending funds to eliminate illiteracy and poverty [Jan. 18]. Building schools with qualified teachers and medical clinics in every village would truly help the people of Yemen.
Robert Read Sr., HICKORY, N.C., U.S.
Your cover line, "The Threat in Yemen ... a tough challenge for the West" fills me with foreboding. What will be our brilliant strategy this time? To wade in again, missile-handed, and further destabilize an already fragile country, alienating yet more of its citizens? Terrorism is a...