For much of the spring, the media bombarded us with opinions on the war in Iraq. For weeks, it was almost impossible to pick up a newsmagazine or newspaper or to watch television without being verbally assaulted by commentators, editorialists and others of the usual suspects preaching their various points of view.
Today, I picked up CMAJ and found the same type of thing on the editorial page.1
If CMAJ's editors feel determined to make their own political statement about the merits or lack thereof of the Iraqi war cum police action, they should send their rants to the CBC or the Toronto Star or some other suitable media outlet. I would think that there is a sufficient number of difficult and controversial problems in the Canadian medical system to keep the journal's editors busy. We already have more than enough amateur political commentators.
John M. Rapin Physician Kingston, Ont.
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