Forget the Bin Laden Fixation
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I'm a supporter of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential bid, but I really wish he'd get over his obsession with killing Osama bin Laden ["Economic Crisis Dominates Debate," front page, Oct. 8], as well as his threat to do so by military action in Pakistan against that country's wishes. President Bush was similarly fixated on Saddam Hussein and Iraq, and look where that got us.
Why should we be so intent on making Osama bin Laden a martyr, thereby spawning more devoted terrorists to be used by some ambitious new al-Qaeda leader?
There are other approaches, and they're not "naive." Our next president might talk to opposing foreign leaders, just as savvy hostage negotiators talk to disturbed criminals, to seek a place where their needs intersect and then negotiate a compromise. Let us hope that the Obama-Biden policy regarding Osama bin Laden and Pakistan is still a work in progress.
JOHN STEINHELBER
Fairfax, Calif.
