I really think an educated, highly motivated, courageous and bilingual Iraqi refugee and expatriate is in a much better position to weigh the relative merits of our brutal nonsensical invasion and occupation of Iraq than some well fed entitled Republican with a highly dubious and self serving theory about the inherent good will of Americans in general ("Iraqi student should send Karl Rove a thank you note," Readers respond, Feb. 23). That the letter writer claims the student should thank Karl Rove for his good fortune is like thanking Wall Street Ponzi schemes for one's unemployment.

Paul R. Schlitz Jr., Baltimore

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