The author is quite right in her Opinion page column "The Gulf War's Credits and Debits," Feb. 27. There will be no security in the Middle East without democracy - without economic development and reform. Moreover, there will be no security without balanced relations between the poor and rich. Some of the "have-nots" in the region don't even have a homeland. Mahmoud Ellaissi, Satesboro, Ga.
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