The woman had held down a job, got off welfare and was caring for her children. As the result, apparently, of pressure from the American Embassy, the program was closed down, and the subject of the article had returned to her previous self-destructive lifestyle. How dare the American government interfere in the internal affairs of another sovereign nation?

I am disgusted with the spinelessness of the British government for giving in to whatever coercion was applied, but even more am speechless with fury at the highhanded behavior of this country. So many Americans wonder why they are so unpopular in so many parts of the world.

Our government would be far better served by attending to its own problems instead of attempting to impose its own failed solutions on others.

GILLIAN SANDGROUND Canyon Country

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