LOOK THROUGH THEIR EYES

I'm writing about the very thoughtful letter from Griff Tucker of Eagle
River: "Empathy must replace apathy" (9-30-04). I'd like to add that
none of bombs that we have dropped on Iraq hit Saddam. Instead, our
bombs have killed and maimed Iraqi men, women, children and babies who
have done us no harm.

To most Muslims, the only legitimate laws are made by God. The Iraqi
citizens did not ask for and do not want our form of
"democracy."

How would we react if another country invaded the United States and
attempted to install their form of government and their religious
values upon us? Would our attitude change if the invaders called
themselves "liberators?" I don't think so.

How would we react if another country invaded the United States and
sprayed our tobacco fields with poisons because our tobacco products
are killing some of their citizens?

Yet, that is exactly what we are doing to the Colombian cocaine
fields.

Kirk Muse

Mesa, Ariz.