U.S. International Policy

* Considering current world conditions, and the role of the United States in what is fast becoming an international tragedy, why don’t we just clean up our own mess before our national nose grows to Pinocchioan dimensions? What right do we have to tell Haitians, Somalis, Bosnians, Serbs, or any other people, what to do when we don’t seem able to keep peace among our own citizens? Ours appears to be a “don’t do as I do: do as I say” international policy. But, then, what can anyone expect from a country where the voters sent a boy in to do a man’s job?

HOPE BRYSON

Los Angeles