An Iranian flag fluttering at an undisclosed location in the Islamic republic next to a surface-to-surface Qiam-1 (Rising) missile. AFP via Getty Images The Issue: Warnings that Iran had been close to developing weapons-grade enriched uranium. Why is it so difficult to understand just how dangerous Iran would be if it had a nuclear weapon (“Dropping ‘A’ bomb,” May 14)?
Just look at what Iran has been doing without a nuclear weapon so far: closing international waterways, executing its own citizens, encouraging genocide against the Jewish people, fomenting a climate of hate against America.
And it’s chosen covert and overt warfare to reasonable diplomacy.
President Trump is now trapped between escalating the Iran War or prolonging negotiation.
He would be wise to follow the policies that ended the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan: “retreat,” avoiding a war that cannot be won without a substantial loss of blood and treasure.
Americans should stop worrying about gas prices and concern themselves with the American troops who are defending us and future Americans, after years of “Death to Americans” chants from the Iranian regime.
With help from America and Israel, Iranian citizens will be able to revolt and hold free elections without the fear of their family members being executed.
Unfortunately it looks like destroying Iran’s leadership, and much of its infrastructure, is going to be required. Iran’s current government can’t be trusted or allowed to have weapons of mass destruction.
I feel confident that the free world will help Iran hold free elections and rebuild its infrastructure.
We know little about what’s happening behind the scenes, including Trump’s plans to remove Iran’s potential for nuclear weapons.
If he speaks to the nation, he needs to ask the American people for their support against a nation that wants to destroy them.
If he’s straightforward and explains the bare truth for why Iran is a direct threat to them, a strong majority of Americans will probably rally behind him.
Miranda Devine referred to the phrase “suicidal empathy” when describing a woman who refused to cooperate with police because she didn’t want to put another black man in prison (“Women’s misplaced empathy threatens all of us,” May 11).
Hell, the guy who tried to attack her wound up killing another man.
Let’s just call it what it is: “plain stupidity.”
The term “suicidal empathy” characterizes lots of wrongs that we see in the media almost daily.
Why in the world would we turn loose violent criminals “because they are crazy”?
Maybe we should lock them up because they are crazy and violent instead.
Of course those who release them won’t be living next door to them.
Dr. Gad Saad’s piece on suicidal empathy (“Our own worst enemy,” Postscript, May 10) has a lot of words and his book has a lot more, but he is missing two words: common sense.
Suicidal empathy, in lowest terms, is a lack of common sense.
We’re told before every flight that if the oxygen masks are deployed, put the oxygen masks on ourselves before we try to help others.
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