I may not agree with all what CK Lal has written ("The eagle is wounded, #61) but he does have a point. Terror is terror and should be denounced unconditionally, whether it is from fanatics like bin Laden's henchmen or Israeli terror over Palestine which is supported by the United States. It's time for America to revisit its policy of Global Policeman. George Bush has stated it categorically: "You are with us or you are with the terrorists." I'm afraid the choice is not as stark as it seems: how about state-sponsored terrorism?

Rajeeb Mishra
Schaumburg, Illinois

CK Lal has lost his perspective on world terror. He speaks lofty things, but can't get close to seeing and feeling what has really happened. If you could stop the killing in Nepal you would do it. Right now unfortunately, you cannot. We can stop the killing here by the terrorists. Watch, it will stop. The murderers will be caught and killed. A less savage death than the people they killed. Then the needy people of Afghanistan will be helped and left to live in any way they please. Our fight is not with the common people of Afghanistan, it is with a small group of ignorant men. Come to New York and see where death has left its scar. Then you will write differently.

Steve Simpson
New York