Good war, bad peace

Sir, - The article `Never a good war or a bad peace' (Sunday Magazine, Oct. 28) raises two points: Washington did not ask itself the right questions before embarking on the airstrikes on Afghanistan and that people tend to brand all Muslims as terrorists.

What else could the U.S. have done when important landmarks in big cities were being attacked? If Saddam Hussain is quiet today, it is because of the strong military action by the U.S. and its allies a decade ago. U.S. bashing will not help rid the world of the menace of terrorism.

No one in India has overtly or covertly stated that all Muslims were terrorists. But a section of the English press has been trying to paint such a picture probably to prove their `secular' credentials.

B. Venkatrramani,

Chennai

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