We may be forced by necessity to rely upon Saudi Arabia to combat evil in Iraq and Afghanistan. However, we should spare no effort in using diplomacy to persuade these "allies" to abandon the barbaric practice of decapitation by sword and application of the death penalty to lifestyles I believe most Americans now take for granted.
President Bush and politicians on both sides of the aisles should swiftly and publicly condemn these violations of basic human rights. Until Saudi laws are changed, we should offer immediate asylum to those persecuted by practices that sound more like something from the year 1002 than 2002.
John Hoopes,
Lawrence
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