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From the beginning of the recent Mumbai massacre, Indians in India and abroad never doubted Pakistan's hand in the ghastly attacks [Dec. 15]. President Richard Nixon's famous "tilt" toward Pakistan, decades of American support for Pakistan's military dictators and America's turning a blind eye to Pakistan's involvement in a long series of terrorist activities against India have all borne their fruit in the past decade in the form of worldwide Islamic terrorism. These dreadful attacks will continue unless international pressure is brought to bear on Pakistan's elected government to bring its military under control. Chuncha Mel Ramakrishna CHERRY HILL, N.J.

Neither Borrower nor Lender Be

As a person interested in reality, I much appreciated Michael Kinsley's Essay on the government stimulus package [Dec. 15]. The media regularly say the "taxpayer has been hit again." I don't recall my taxes being affected. Rather, we have borrowed again, and not from fellow Americans--but from China, Japan and other countries. Have we come to the point that we may have more clout in the world militarily but others have more clout economically? I have read that what really brought the U.S. out of the Great Depression was World War II. Could it be that what brought the U.S. out of the Depression of the 1930s was the savings and the controlled spending of the people--along with the borrowing that took place during the war? Bill Brouwers, MIDDLEBURY, IND.

The Upside of Junk Mail

Regarding Jeremy Caplan's article "De-Cluttering Your Mailbox": there are many reasons we should encourage instead of discourage direct-mail advertising [Dec. 15]. Among the most important: stop your direct mail and watch the cost of a postage stamp soar. Jim Elliott, LEMON GROVE, CALIF.

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