Writes Count Nikolai Tolstoy: "Sir, – Among the catalogue of crimes Sylvan Gollin ascribes to President Reagan is the fact that 'he did nothing to avenge the massacre of 241 Marines in Lebanon that occurred on his watch' (Letters, July 27).
Some of us would regard this as one of his virtues. How was he supposed to identify and punish those responsible? Today we witness daily the effects of 'avenging' a crime by killing and maiming hundreds of thousands of people who manifestly bore no connection with the event. It is scarcely an edifying prospect." (Thanks to David Gordon.)
