<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><strong><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">To the Editor:</font></strong></div><div><strong><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font></strong> </div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">Peter L. Bergen writes of President Obama that “despite his demonstrated willingness to use force, neither side regards him as the warrior president he is.” </font></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font> </div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">A great many of us view him that way, and more — as a man not simply “willing” to use force but obsessed with doing so, who makes Richard M. Nixon’s “imperial presidency” seem a model of constitutional
governance and George W. Bush’s deceptions by misstatement and nonstatement seem like reckless candor. </font></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font> </div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">What is desperately needed by this country is a deeply rooted, well-funded, democratic movement, owing allegiance to neither of the major parties, but rather dedicated to electing to offices from city councils to statehouses to the presidency men and women both committed to and capable of representing the better angels of our nature, at home and abroad. </font></div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif"></font> </div><div itemprop="articleBody"><font face="times new roman, new york, times, serif">E. DANIEL LARKIN<br> Merion Station, Pa., April 29, 2012</font></div></div></body></html>