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The artists featured in your report about the comeback of rock [MUSIC, June 11] are some of the most creative and talented musicians of the past decade. I have looked forward to the release of the new CDs from rockers Tool and Weezer as monumental events in my life. However, I anticipate the demise of mindless, commercial teen pop even more. I hope that you are right to predict that the music industry is undergoing a major change and that CD sales and critical acclaim will inspire other rock acts to emerge. I have endured the boy and girl bands long enough. It's time for music buyers to prove that we won't go for the undertalented teen pop acts anymore.
ANNIE BURTOFF
Richmond, Va.

Tactics or War Crimes?

The lessons that former NATO Commander General Wesley K. Clark presents in Waging Modern War are rather misleading [BOOK EXCERPT, June 4]. The truth is that the U.S.-led NATO operation in Kosovo was a violation of international law. Perhaps for Clark, modern war includes the inadvertent bombing of civilian targets, such as hospitals, trains and refugee convoys. I don't call this modern war; I call such actions war crimes. There are many places in the world where human rights are suppressed. The international community has selected to stay out of these crises and not to intervene as it did in Kosovo. It seems to me Clark has to study a lot more before trying to teach us lessons.
NIKOS STAMOULIS
Agrinio, Greece