To the editor: As an American and not using a political agenda, I need to problem the opinions of Tucker Carlson and Jane Fonda (“Jane Fonda and Tucker Carlson agree on this: Trump’s Iran war is bad — and a betrayal,” March 1). They will need to have both forgotten or been asleep throughout historical past class.
To start with, be reminded of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signing the Munich Settlement in 1938 acquiescing to Adolf Hitler‘s designs on Czechoslovakia with the promise that Hitler wouldn’t annex different nations. That proved to be a pricey mistake, as Hitler had no intention of honoring that settlement. It will definitely helped result in World Conflict II.
The US remained on the sidelines via an isolationist coverage pushed by pacifists within the late Thirties. With our guard down, Japan took benefit and attacked Pearl Harbor, taking the lives of 2,403 U.S. service personnel. The US was then pressured to enter the conflict.
In 1962, the Soviet Union started inserting missiles in Cuba. Because of President Kennedy’s blockade and powerful deterrence, the missiles had been eliminated and we averted the potential of a nuclear conflict.
And eventually, there have been indicators and warnings about Osama bin Laden that were ignored. This, partly, led to the assault on the World Commerce Middle in 2001, ensuing within the deaths of practically 3,000 Americans.
Iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism on this planet. It has continued to be a menace to America and Israel since 1979, when 66 embassy personnel had been held hostage for 444 days. The election of President Reagan lastly led to the discharge of the hostages, however started a reign of terror propagated by Iran.
As George Santayana stated, “People who can’t keep in mind the previous, are condemned to repeat it.”
Frank Deni, Lake Forest
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To the editor: I’m appalled on the Trump administration’s reckless air assaults on Iran, killing most of its leaders. That alone most likely constitutes a war crime.
The administration’s declare that Iran is an “imminent hazard” sounds sadly much like claims by President George W. Bush greater than 20 years in the past that Iraq was such a hazard to us. We all know how false that was. This present marketing campaign will not be a conflict of necessity however a conflict of selection, identical to with Iraq.
And if Trump has even Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene condemning his air campaigns, then he actually has a credibility drawback.
John D. Wagner, Altadena
