I took great offense at Rhiannon Hamdi’s Aug. 28 op-ed (“Our neighbors to the south need to look in the mirror“), which attempted to lump all proud American citizens into her one narrow box.
Yes, we have some major problems and our current political nightmare is heartbreaking to the majority of citizens — but to state that our country is not a great country and never has been shows Hamdi’s ignorance of our history and our strength in overcoming adversity.
As in the past, we will recover and regain our standing. Hamdi’s vitriol does nothing to help our two great countries become friends again.
Helen McGuinness
South Portland
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