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Is it inevitable that the United States will become a bilingual country?
My family has been in America since the mid 1600s. I'm about as American as a person could be. I am monolingual. I speak American English only. And that is one of the great disappointments in myself. That I never took the time to learn another language when I was young was a dumb thing to do. I agree that whatever happens with immigration in the future, all immigrants should be made to learn the English language. I also believe that all American-born, English-speaking children should be made to learn a second language. -Keith, Greenville, South Carolina

Jack, I live in Maine and we are already trilingual. Everything I buy has instructions or information in English, Spanish and French. Some of the electronic devices have instructions in those three languages plus Chinese, Korean (or Vietnamese), Arabic, German and a couple of others I don't recognize. The answer to your question is yes. -Alan, Buxton, Maine

Yes, it is inevitable and the sooner it happens the better off the U.S. will be as a world player. Speaking multiple languages is an advantage, not a sign of weakness. -Jason, San Diego, California

The Iraqi parliament wants a say on any extension of U.S. troops. Do you think they'll get it?
This war has never been about what the Iraqi's want. It's about what Bush/Cheney want, and that has to be permanent military bases in the area and to safeguard all that Iraqi oil! -Robert, Sarasota, Florida

The Iraqis have had elections, more elections, granting of sovereignty, constitutions and any number of corner-turning window-dressing lip-service activities. But Pres. Bush is the decider. He is the sovereign. Iraqis just happen to physically be there. Nothing more. -Allan, San Jose, California

Yes, it's their country. If they want us to leave we should. But, Pres. Bush probably will not listen. He doesn't listen to anybody anyway, especially not the American people. -Steven
La Junta, Colorado

Have the Koreans got to call the shots yet? We are still imbedded in their business and here it is 50 years later, so the Iraqis need to come to grips that we will not allow them to have their say.
-T, Texas

Can Lassie, Judy Garland and Elizabeth Taylor succeed where George Bush, Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld have failed when it comes to America's image overseas?
Is this what we pay our elected officials to come up with? Some of the lamest ideas in history? Seriously? How did this woman get elected? I am appalled that she is stupid enough to think all we have to do is show some movies from the 40s and 50s and VOILA... America is respected again. -Buzz, Solvang, California

Give me a break with this one. The best way to show the world what kind of country we are is to impeach Bush and Cheney and fire the rest of them. Doing that would show the world we have backbone. -Tracy, Belle Glade, Florida

Jack, After everything the Republican mis-administration has done to literally ruin our standing and reputation throughout the world, sending old films won't work. Do they honestly think that people are that gullible to believe that America is just like the movie they’re viewing? -John, Deptford, New Jersey

Good God! These politicians need to get back on their meds! -Scott