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Friday, October 22, 2004

Editorial Writers Should Have Names

To: letters@nytimes.com
Subject: Iran's Nuclear Threat

Punitive, shmunitive. As you said yourself (I mean as one of your anonymous colleagues said), "Heads of rogue states, including Iran and North Korea, have been taught decisively that the best protection against a pre-emptive American strike is to acquire nuclear weapons themselves." (Editorial, John Kerry for President, Oct. 17)

Sanctions, while painful, couldn't possibly reduce Iran to the current condition of Iraq; do you imagine the Iranians don't realize that?