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Posted Nov. 1, 2002

War Talk Turns Focus from Local Issues

To the editor:

All the war rhetoric which is highly political is becoming quite tiresome. However tiresome it is, war is serious and results in the deaths of thousands and thousands of people and affects the lives of even more.

President Bush should concentrate on the war on terrorism instead of shifting focus to avenge attempts on his father's life or to divert questions about their possible collusion with questionable business practioners.

What we need at this moment in history is a somber look at the rising poverty as well as the economic gloom that we are living in.

Only if we focus on locally relevant issues, and provide for every person adequate food and shelter, can we better our individual societies. The ripple effect will follow.

Srinivas Savaram

Herndon