Letters: Missile Strike

To the Editors:

Many Americans are reacting with frustration to the attack on the U.S.S. Stark by an Iraqi plane ((NATION, June 1)). It is time this country took some action and ignored the opinion of the rest of the world. We can no longer dismiss these incidents as accidents. America should react in a way befitting a superpower.

Justin Kirchhofer

Westerville, Ohio

By selling weapons to Iran, the U.S. left itself open to the strike against the Stark. It is easy to see why Iraq attacked the frigate. American weapons are killing Iraqis. Instead of promoting peace, our Government sows...

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