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CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER
Letter
to the editor
April
11, 2001
"Dear
China: We’re even more sorry"
We enjoyed
reading Peter Bronson’s column on April 6, "Dear China:
Sorry for what?" But we think we can add a few more to
the dozen he shared with us.
Dear China:
We are
sorry that you wold not treat our crewmen to a five-star hotel
and send them back on the next available flight with no questions
asked.
We are
sorry that you would not seal the door of that EP-3 plane
immediately after touchdown, and wait for the return mail
stamp.
If you
could have done these two things our hearts would be melted
and you would get everything you wish for at Christmas.
We are
sorry for our crew having to endure the moment of extreme
death-fear when the plane dove nearly 1,000 feet.
We are
sorry for the intense "yellow ribbon" worry of hundreds
of the crewmen’s families.
We are
sorry to close our eyes and ears to let you make more than
40 billion a year of our money by granting you special trade
treatments.
We are
sorry to reconsider the sales of the defense weapons to our
first avenue of defense ally, Taiwan, and to help them with
defense legislation, the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act,
to face off your barbaric and substandard manners in the 21st
century.
C.T. Lee
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