Why do they hate us, installment 341
 

check out this letter to the editor of the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald from one Florence White:
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Am I the only one who finds the idea of sending candy to Iraqi children not only not brilliant but insensitive, offensive and stupid (Your story about "Kids offered sweet deal on candy," Oct. 29)?

The candy is not good for our children's teeth but OK for kids who probably have no access to dentistry?

Can you catch just a glimmer of why Americans are so hated in other parts of the world?

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Maybe the Iraqis would like us if we forced them all to go to the dentist.

- Opinion Journal

Slightly off topic, but the Portland Press-Herald was the *only* thing I hated about living in Portland. It's so ridiculously left-wing that my friends used to refer to it as a "radical splinter publication of the New Republic".

That said, I would guess that the program to which she refers allows children who would normally OD on Halloween candy to sell it back to a local dentist or orthodontist who will then send it to a military unit deployed in Iraq so that the troops can enjoy it and possibly share some with the Iraqi children with whom they come in contact.

What is she picturing? A B-52 carpet bombing Iraq with Tootsie Rolls? I highly doubt it is part of some diabolical plot to promote tooth decay among Iraqi children. I bet she's one of those types who gives apples to trick or treaters :rolleyes:

Re: Why do they hate us, installment 341
 

Yes.

This woman has way too much time on her hands.

Only dumb Americans think the whole world hates them. They "care" so much about a world they don't even know.

-Rudey