Medal Mistake
The case for awarding the Medal of Freedom (Dec. 15) to the men whose disastrous intelligence (former CIA Director George Tenet), military (retired Gen. Tommy Franks) and diplomatic (former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer III) miscalculations have embroiled our nation in a deadly, intractable quagmire? It’s a slam dunk!
Toby Muller
South Pasadena
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Am I a hopeless cynic when I conclude that an easy way to get a medal is to find a government job and make a few blatantly bad decisions and tell the president what he wants to hear?
Herb Hoffman
Newport Beach
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