I love your respectability “buyer’s guide” for leaders from oil-rich bits of the Middle East or tycoons from a grungy bit of the former Communist world, in which “names are omitted to protect the guilty from blushing and us from lawsuits” (“Glitzkrieg,” March 12, 2011). Wise, this. Respectability is on sale, you advise, and the first stop is London with its strict libel laws. Your critics will be paralyzed by costly legal battles. This is a good spot for money laundering, too, as a well-connected banker can always be found if you cut him in on some lucrative transactions with your country or company. Next comes socializing and do-gooding, where sponsoring sports can work, as well. Send your children to a posh British or American school, and shower hospitality on their friends. “Foreign respectability also makes you look good in the eyes of your own people,” you explain, “and it demoralizes your critics, crushing their belief that Western media, politics, academia, and public life are to be admired.” Reading this in Croatia, I only got confused when I came to the point where you say that “you are now in a position to approach politics.” In this grungy bit of the former Communist world you actually start with politics. The higher your office, the better. Otherwise, your buyer’s guide hits the nail on the head.