There have been many letters to the Tribune recently regarding columnist Molly Ivins. In her column “The Bush years: Outrage, after outrage, after . . . ; Asked to name the Outrage of the Week, how could anyone possibly choose?” (Commentary, Oct. 13), Ivins proves just how right all her critics are.
She claims, “We’ve had more loathsome and more dangerous enemies than Al Qaeda and managed to defeat them without resorting to torture.”
I want to know who Ivins considers more loathsome and more dangerous than Al Qaeda. We’ve faced many adversaries with weapons of mass destruction and yet Al Qaeda is our only enemy that won’t hesitate to use one if given the chance. That naive view of our enemy is why Ivins deserves all the criticism she gets. I guess it will take a nuke in New York City for Ivins to realize how dangerous Al Qaeda really is.
