Giuliani for mayor -- of Baghdad

Instead of raising money and campaigning for the 2008 GOP nomination now, Rudy Giuliani should volunteer to serve as the mayor of Baghdad and bring order and safety to that troubled city. That would validate his claim to be an effective crisis manager and earn him the trust of not only the GOP voters in the primary but also the electorate-at-large in the general election. Instead, Giuliani has unfortunately joined the chorus of GOP presidential aspirants, including Sen. John McCain, who are all promising more of the Bush era by trying to milk the Sept. 11 tragedy for their political benefit, including justifying a misguided detour to Iraq in the war on terror.

Rameysh Ramdas
San Jose