To the Editor:
Martin, re last week’s Editorial. Have you noticed that your outcome test applies only to Republicans, particularly MAGA Republicans? Your forbearance has never applied to a Democrat because your test doesn’t originate from a sense of reason or fairness. Your passion for all things authoritarian motivates you, even when Trump embodies the “bumptious and vulgar ‘ugly American,’ ignorant about foreign cultures,” who has declared his right to destroy an ancient civilization and, with Hegseth, has falsely claimed Pope Leo supports Iran gaining a nuclear bomb, and derided and warned the Vicar of Christ not to question the morality of Trump’s War. You can see why Trump publishes pictures of himself as Jesus Christ.
You advocate for wayward mankind to follow God’s command for peace, as revealed in Marian apparitions. Yet you praise Trump for having “the guts” to attack Iran, being “willing to pull the trigger” without immediate provocation and threatening to pulverize its civilization. How is that giddy sentiment consistent with your reverence for Marian revelations?
Note that Trump did not have the gun-happy colonic imperative to threaten to do the same to Russia over Ukraine, because he knew Putin could and would bomb back. Trump mistakenly thought that, without nukes, Iran easily could be overcome. A gross mistake that past presidents had the knowledge and intelligence to avoid.
What is the conspicuous event that you await to signal success or failure? The ceasefire deadline approaches. It’s clear by now that Iran will not fold under Trump’s threats, attacks, and impossible peace terms. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is an entirely foreseeable, unforced international crisis of Trump’s creation that was previously avoided by 70 years of careful diplomacy and military doctrine, necessary, given the world dependency on free shipment of oil along Iran’s coastline.
Recall that Trump recently asserted that only his own mind limits his international power, and that he doesn’t “need international law.” His War in Iran is one result. Trump’s belief that his mind/will and our military superiority will settle all disputes has proven false, and his epithets against our closest allies as “cowards,” and NATO as a “paper tiger,” have revealed that America is not a reliable partner in global security. Then, Trump sent the Three Blind Mice (Kushner, Witkoff, Vance) to negotiate a peace, shocking the Iranians with their ignorance of the issues and ridiculous peace demands.
You are misled that Russia, China Iran and North Korea are in awe of America’s “authority against them.” Those dictatorships are still maneuvering against us, while delighted and amused at our ham-fisted, pompous, and bungling leader. Trump can’t tell the difference between an international foe quietly scheming against him or one laughing at him (think Putin in AK). We have a Constitutional remedy, and time is slipping away.
We have already exceeded maximum fucque-ups from this president.
Kelly Scoles,
Fillmore, Ca.