Elections Have Consequences XXII
To The Editor:
Since Saturday, Trump, and various members of his administration, have offered up a poo-poo platter of excuses for why he and his buddy, Bibi, joined forces to attack Iran. In typical Trump fashion, it was done without consulting congress and without much thought on how the dominos were going to fall and who was going to have to clean up the mess.
U.S. government employees were left stranded in nearby Gulf countries and then told to catch commercial flights home – after most flights were cancelled. Pete Hegseth was pleased to say that there were no stupid rules of engagement to be concerned about. Kash Patel got off his jet long enough to gut the FBI counterintelligence agency that monitored Iranian threats and plots here at home. U.S. assets will now be used to escort vessels traveling thru the Strait of Hormuz.
After years of trash-talking our allies, Trump can’t understand why they are unwilling to jump on the three wheeled band wagon that he and Bibi are driving off a cliff. There are new threats of tariffs and embargos. No doubt this will be the most expensive diversion from the Epstein files to date.
It has been 408 days since Trump promised to end the war in Ukraine that Putin started. Since he got back in office he has taken military action against Iran- last June, as well as Yemen, Somalia, Syria, Nigeria and Venezuela and threatened action against Greenland and Cuba. If he really believes he deserves the Nobel Peace prize – he might want to rethink this strategy,
I’m not sorry to see the Supreme leader of Iran taken out - he was not a good guy. It would be nice however, if elected Republicans in Congress could do something to rein in their own supreme leader before he attacks another country. There are 242 days till the midterm elections.
Kathy Quinn
Newtown
24,619 printed pages have been devoted to this diatribe — more than an acre of paper. Beyond the cost to The Bee, with this installment #22 (XXII for the elites), the series has consumed roughly 400 pounds of newsprint (about 2–3 trees), a few thousand gallons of process water, and on the order of a couple hundred kilograms of CO₂e — all to keep re-litigating the same point. I guess I would have expected more out of the chair from the Sustainable Energy Commission chair.
The Newtown Bee welcomes the letters from all letter writers regardless of their political stance or how much paper and ink printing their letters uses (and by the way, your math is off). It seems to me that if the concern is a liberal writer taking space in our letters page every other week, the better way to deal with that is to write letters from a conservative mindset rather than attacking and attempting to discourage others from writing. Responses should address the points raised by the writer, not the fact that they chose to write.
First, I would like to say thank you to Jim as the editor of the Bee for refuting your math and defending my right to free speech.
Second, the NFL uses roman numerals to identify the Super Bowl game – does that mean the NFL is only reaching out to the elites?
Third, I am currently the Vice-Chair of the SEC. It was time for a change in leadership, and I wanted to make sure the committee could continue to grow and to help make Newtown a better place.
Jim, Thank you for reinforcing the decision to continue printing these installments. I also look forward to continuing to quantify the environmental impact associated with each one. I will continue to work on the math.