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Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007 | 7:11 a.m.
Regarding Larry Wyntjes' Feb. 8 letter, "Smoking soldiers set bad example for kids":
It is absolutely ludicrous to compare our combat soldiers and Marines to baseball, football and basketball players as role models. Doesn't Mr. Wyntjes understand the difference between fielding a hard grounder to second base and being caught in an insurgent crossfire in Baghdad?
As a concerned nonsmoker, I am sure that there are other "role models" whom we could encourage our children to emulate.
John R. Isselin, Las Vegas
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