ABQjournal: Letters to the Editor
Dems Put Us Back On Path to Defeat

SEN. HARRY REID, with the approval of his fellow Democrats, is this century’s Benedict Arnold and Neville Chamberlain, all in one. Arnold was a traitor who decided the Revolutionary War was lost and gave war plans to the British; Chamberlain told the world that “peace in (his) lifetime” was the result of the deal he made with Adolf Hitler.

Both of these men led others down a foolish path of defeat that led to great suffering, the path of today’s Democratic Party. History teaches us that both Arnold and Chamberlain were wrong. Today we have Reid, Bill Richardson, Hillary Clinton, all joining the cut-and-run, don’t-offend-our-enemies crowd— just like Chamberlain. The unknown is whether the Democratic leaders are just naive fools or Benedict Arnolds. …

PHILIP HOWELL
Albuquerque

Thanks for the history lesson, Philip. You must be the new Paul Revere. But, according to your lesson, al Qaida is the equivalent of the British Empire and Nazi Germany — in strength, in numbers, in fire power. Funny, I thought they were originally a few dozen loonies with box cutters. Granted, thanks to our ineptitude, we have more enemies than ever, though some still live in caves and ride donkey carts. Don’t let fear rule America. mjh