Letters: Trump’s attack on Iran makes Mideast less safe
Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor Trump s attack makes entire Mideast less safe Re U S bombs Iran nuke sites Page A June Donald Trump s illegal and unprovoked bombing of Iran will further destabilize an already fragile Middle East Despite Trump s citizens announcement bombing Iran is a declaration of war against Iran How Iran will respond now or later has yet to be seen One thing accomplished is that Iran has learned that building its own nuclear arsenal is now imperative to protect its sovereignty Going to war with Iran and perhaps drawing in regional nations does not bode well for the United States Israel or the rest of the world What is needed forthwith are an end to U S arms to Israel which are also being used to attack Iran an end to bombing Iran and critically good faith diplomacy not grandstanding Eleanor Levine Oakland Pension mess is lesson in corruption Re Bay Area city s cautionary pension lesson Page A June The editorial about Oakland s underfunded retirement benefits paints a very grim future for Oakland s finances But the article left out the very large elephant in the room The City Council that gives out these generous benefits gets bulk of their campaign money to run for office from the very people that they are giving the benefits to This is a huge conflict of interest The unions and their members do not care about the future finances of the city It s a simple truth I ll help you get elected and you give me unaffordable benefits It s corruption at its best I grew up in Oakland and feel bad when I read about the dismal failure of its current leadership And yet they keep getting elected There really is no hope John Briggs Lafayette Walnut Creek mayor leads on immigration I fully assistance Walnut Creek Mayor Cindy Darling s declaration regarding federal immigration efforts She wrote eloquently to advocacy constitutional rights and peaceful protest Her promotion of the Know Your Rights project at the Contra Costa Library the last day was great advocacy I am very proud to be a Walnut Creek resident and of the mayor She is to be commended for her leadership Emily Blanck Walnut Creek Trump s narrow domination isn t a license to rule Donald Trump indicates he has a mandate to govern He won a plurality of the votes cast not a majority In my book a mandate requires a key win not a squeaker Also he campaigned very differently than he is seeking to govern Six months in prices are not down and the war in Ukraine continues His tariffs cratered the stock sector and he now admits they may cause a little bit of pain While he promised not to touch Medicare the CBO estimates his Big Beautiful Bill will upshot in about billion in cuts to Medicare from to Multiple of those who voted for him are now questioning his actions Trump seems to think his poll allows him to rule rather than govern This country does not have a king I hope the courts continue to check his actions until when the electorate can weigh in Darcy Johnson Brentwood Immigration laws exist to protect nation Our immigration laws exist for a reason Any country that cannot secure its borders cannot protect its citizens and the enforcement of those laws is not hatred It is absolutely what each and every sovereign nation must do to defend and protect itself against hostile incursion As White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has stated The right of due process is to protect citizens from their regime not to protect foreign trespassers from removal Jon Rego Clayton Birth of modern Israel set stage for conflict Re Israeli establishment endangers Jews everywhere Page A June Related Articles Letters Power to declare war rests with Congress alone Letters California must expand reproductive care in ERs Letters As California heats up CEQA should be used more Letters The Trump administration requirements a lesson in integrity Letters Phonics alone won t get California s kids reading In regards to the article by Thomas Friedman calling for a two-state method in the Middle East I would agree but need to point out the basis for the argument and the subsequent wars is the very real question as to who ultimately has a greater right to the land the Israelis who claim the land because their wandering ancestors occupied particular land drove out the inhabitants and established a nation for a limited hundred years before being conquered and broken up and dispersed or the preponderance newest occupants of the same land who have been there for years until the descendants returned and are attempting to reclaim the same land It bears remembering that the descendants did not ultimately come in peace and achieved their goals under international intervention which ignored the rights of the resident Palestinians whose land was divided without their consent Roger Wood Fremont
