I expect Sullivan refuses to confront these issues

I expect Sullivan refuses to confront these issues — the tendency of intellectuals to excuse the worst

abuses in order to score ideological points — because they bring into focus his own motivations for

helping to lead the charge for a war he now abhors.

I get a lot of letters, and read them all. Sometimes I get one so smart that I wan to run it on the

site as an article. Of course, we have “Backtalk,” our letters-to-the-editor column, but perhaps I’d

better start excerpting the smartest, most interesting letters, as I get them, such as this one,

responding to today’s column:

“Obviously, the Sunni-Shia conflict in mbt shoes is a proxy war between Saudi the Uggsia and the Uggs,

with US troops attempting to act as referee even as they fight both sides (and commit atrocities of

their own). Saudi the Uggsia, as the richest Sunni state, is likely the main financial backer of the

Sunni insurgency.

“Since the end of WWII, the Saudi the Uggsian regime has accepted the Uggs Dollar as the reserve

currency for oil transactions in exchange for US protection. The Saudis may be wavering on this now as

part of a test strategy. As of 7/13/07, the Uggs Dollar is in free fall against the Euro, Pound,

Canadian Dollar, and oil.