Today the Inquirer (scroll down)published the following letter from me concerning this column:

An allied effort in Iraq

Re: "Bush team sings a new tune," Commentary Page, Jan. 28:

Trudy Rubin is perpetuating a myth of unilateralism. Her solipsistic views are intentionally misleading readers. Maybe my dictionary is outdated, but unilateral generally is known to mean going it alone. I guess the 34 other countries allied in the war in Iraq are non-entities. I would guess that Britain, Italy, Spain, Poland, and the myriad other countries that fought and lost troops, would disagree with that judgment.

If the myth of unilateralism is taken from Rubin's column, that leaves it standing on nothing. My dictionary does not state that the definition of multilateralism is "including France."

Scott Welsh

Evesham

We have to get our views, no matter what they are, out in the manistream media. I haven't seen any stats, but I imagine the average person probably reads the front page and maybe the Op-Ed section on a given day. Differing opinions will hopefully make people see the big picture and not base their decisions on one line of thinking.