To the editor:
Doyle McManus says both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have sought regime change at the point of a gun. This is an unfair comparison. ("Democrats and Republicans agree — regime change is out of fashion," Opinion, Dec. 20)
Bush defied the United Nations as well as much of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with his U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, supported by the deceitful notion that Iraqis yearned for democracy. Obama, conversely, participated in a coalition aiming to prevent wholesale slaughter and misery in civil wars that could spread instability throughout the region.
It is notable that Obama's political opponents slammed his actions in Libya while demanding that he do the same thing in Syria.
Eric Carey, Arlington, Va.
Note from KBJ: Hillary Clinton and many other Democrats supported military intervention in Iraq. Eric Carey has a selective memory.
