Sending troops to Iran would be foolish
It is difficult for the average citizen to know what is behind our current sabre-rattling against Iran and the reported potential for us to send tens of thousands of troops to the region, given that provocative actions by Iran which would justify such behavior are not visible. What we do know is that nothing that is told to us by Donald Trump or the sycophants who represent him can be believed.
The history of National Security Advisor John Bolton is that of a war-monger, someone who has long advocated military action against Iran and North Korea without regard to the disastrous consequences. If he convinces the president that provoking a senseless and ruinous war with Iran is advisable, Trump may take the bait without regard to the consequences, the way he ordinarily operates, and he may see doing so as a great diversion from all of the pressure that has been on him as he and his family continue to be the subject of investigations into unethical and unlawful behavior.
With our Iraqi occupation debacle not far in the past and as we continue to maintain massive military presences throughout the world, may God help us if we again embroil ourselves in a foolish war which would result in a large toll of dead and injured American soldiers and Iranian civilians. I wonder how many members of the Trump and Bolton families would be on the front lines in such a conflict.
Oren Spiegler
South Strabane Township