Unhappiness with Spring 2009 issue of T&S [Letter]

As a former long-time editor of T&S, I always pick up each issue with pleasant hope. But the Spring, 2009, issue left me disappointed - nay, dejected. From the President\´s message, to Finley Shapiro\´s brief letter, to the book review, everything seemed fine. Then ... crash! The first article, "You\´ve Been Disarmed. Have a nice day!" left me in deep anguish that a publication, which is still my connection to IEEE and to my many SSIT friends from the early days, could publish such trash. And similarly for the remaining articles. Almost every sentence in that first article can be torn apart as meaningless. Here\´s one: "LOAC is a means by which humankind endeavors to reduce the damage caused by warmaking. Our ability to wage war is heavily constrained by legal and political concerns".