Israel’s strikes on Iran: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Israel’s assaults on Iran’s navy leaders and its nuclear scientists and amenities.
It was solely a matter of time earlier than Israel pulled the set off (“Israel strikes Iran,” June 13).
Iran and its proxies have been taunting Israel (and, for that matter, the United States) for a very long time. The revelation of nuclear near-preparedness was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Israel will come out of this victoriously, and its neighbors and the remaining of the world will be thankful for Israel’s assault on this evil regime.
Ronald Frank
West Orange, NJ
National security is the duty of the governing physique of a nation.
It is Israel’s resolution to bomb Iran to guard itself. It shouldn’t be primarily based on the opinion of different nations or teams.
Ed Houlihan
Ridgewood, NJ
The bitter lesson from the 9/11 terrorist assault is to neutralize threats earlier than they materialize on our shores.
As the saying goes, “If people show you who they are, believe them.” The final thing we need is to permit the world’s most prolific sponsor of terrorism to have the world’s most deadliest weapons.
President Trump bent over backward to “give peace a chance” and to treatment this harmful standoff diplomatically.
Whether the liberals of the world wish to acknowledge it or not, the world is a lot safer with Iran defanged.
Luana Dunn
Medford
President Trump likes to make offers, however there are no offers that the Iranian regime will be trusted to honor.
A regime that violated the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and the 2015 JCPOA (former President Obama’s Iran deal), in addition to its agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear-facility inspections, can’t be trusted to honor any deal regarding its nuclear weapons and ballistic-missile applications.
The solely acceptable conclusion to the present battle between Israel and Iran is an Israeli victory. This means the whole nuclear disarmament of Iran, overseen by the United States and the IAEA.
No deal that grants the Iranian regime anything ought to even be thought of, as this may be a recipe for a return of the Iranian nuclear risk presently being eliminated at such great price.
Daniel H. Trigoboff
Williamsville
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In June 1981, Israel destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor, depriving Saddam Hussein of the flexibility to develop nuclear weapons and concurrently doing the world a favor.
This led to the declaration of the Begin Doctrine, which outlines Israel’s coverage of preventative navy strikes to guard itself.
Forty-four years later, Israel has delivered again by crippling the nuclear program of yet one more rogue nation. Toda lech!
Peter W. Kelly
Hazlet, NJ
The Issue: Sen. Alex Padilla being handcuffed and thrown out of DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s briefing.
Last week, we witnessed a lawfully serving US senator wrestled to the ground and manhandled by security (“Senator in Noem boot,” June 13).
Is George Orwell’s fictional world now the fact in President Trump’s American autocracy?
Malcolm Odell, Jr.
Exeter, NH
I despatched farewell letters to all my family members earlier than carrying the signal “De-throne the lying king” in a protest march this weekend.
I figured if a US senator could possibly be thrown to the ground and handcuffed for merely asking a query, they wouldn’t hesitate for a second in sending this 82-year-old lady to El Salvador.
Sharon Austry
Fort Worth, Texas
