No full-scale war in the Middle East
I’m quite sure Biden’s commander in chief, Obama or whoever it is, doesn’t want a military conflict within Iran. Iran doesn’t want it either. Iran knowing the weakness of the U.S. under the Biden regime is just testing the waters. Iran denies responsibility for the drone attack; however, it funds the group responsible for it. It’s my thinking this will not cause a full-scale war in the Middle East, but when you’re dealing with terrorist countries, one never knows for sure. I’m hoping the next 2024 vote for POTUS will give us someone other than Biden. We need strong leadership to avoid such radical attacks by these groups. Voting should not be a popularity contest, or about who has the nicest hair, but it should be about the best decision for America. Diplomacy and the right military response should weaken Iran’s intentions in the future. Let’s hope this can happen.
— Palma Espinosa, Highland
We must retaliate
The United States must retaliate against the people responsible for the attack against our soldiers, and our president needs to step up to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
— Richard Metzger, Porter Ranch
Mideast war
Using proxies, Iran pokes at American military bases without directly engaging. As a matter of fact, they are engaged, as they wouldn’t be able to carry out their nefarious activities without Iran’s financial support. In order to serve American interests better, the Biden administration should engage in tough negotiations with the Iranian supreme leader. The threats made by the Biden administration regarding the actions taken against our military appear weak. Iran wants constant confusion in the Middle East to distract the U.S. and its allies. It is their goal to expel Israel from the land.
— Stephen Lucas, Van Nuys
Retaliating against Iran
I think Iran doesn’t understand that the U.S. can literally send Iran back in time. We can attack their hydro-electric plants and any other power plants they have. Doing so would send them back to the 19th century.
— Kirk Felmar, San Pedro
![Rafael Perez is a leftist political shill. His Feb. 4 article on the supposed cult of Trump is laughable in its irony. For most of the article, one could substitute the name Joe Biden for Trump and it would equally apply as far as lock-step behavior and lack of critical thinking by supporters in the face of a politician’s lies and half-truths, self-interest and political parties holding each other hostage. Speaking of lock-step, Mr. Perez immediately infers that devotion to Trump has commonalities with some of history’s most vicious dictators, joining the current worn-out chorus of the liberals’ latest fear-mongering […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-6.jpg?w=513 "Rafael Perez is a leftist political shill. His Feb. 4 article on the supposed cult of Trump is laughable in its irony. For most of the article, one could substitute the name Joe Biden for Trump and it would equally apply as far as lock-step behavior and lack of critical thinking by supporters in the face of a politician’s lies and half-truths, self-interest and political parties holding each other hostage. Speaking of lock-step, Mr. Perez immediately infers that devotion to Trump has commonalities with some of history’s most vicious dictators, joining the current worn-out chorus of the liberals’ latest fear-mongering […]")
![Re “Newsom discusses shoplifting incident he witnessed” (Feb. 2): Remember when President George H.W. Bush was roundly criticized for being out of touch when he seemed amazed by supermarket scanners, which had been in stores for years? Gov. Newsom just had one of those moments. He was shocked that someone at the Target where he was shopping walked out without paying. This kind of theft has been rampant in California for years, and he just noticed? I’ve witnessed it several times, as have friends and family, even in “safe” cities in Orange County. The problem is much more severe in […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-5.jpg?w=513 "Re “Newsom discusses shoplifting incident he witnessed” (Feb. 2): Remember when President George H.W. Bush was roundly criticized for being out of touch when he seemed amazed by supermarket scanners, which had been in stores for years? Gov. Newsom just had one of those moments. He was shocked that someone at the Target where he was shopping walked out without paying. This kind of theft has been rampant in California for years, and he just noticed? I’ve witnessed it several times, as have friends and family, even in “safe” cities in Orange County. The problem is much more severe in […]")
![There is still nothing new under the Mideast sun Hark back to the days of the Barbary Pirates. When they would capture merchant shipping, crews, cargoes, kidnap Christians and other non-believers to be held for ransom or as slaves. Fast forward to today’s version of kidnapping, holding shipping, threatening perceived weaker neighbors, deep pockets, i.e. Iran’s nuclear deal, and continue to repeat. Once upon a time, Thomas Jefferson’s emissary threatened these actions and was ignored. Subsequently, the U.S. Marines went into Tripoli, captured and held the resident caliph. End of story. The current caliph has ignored the recent warning. Perhaps […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-2.jpg?w=513 "There is still nothing new under the Mideast sun Hark back to the days of the Barbary Pirates. When they would capture merchant shipping, crews, cargoes, kidnap Christians and other non-believers to be held for ransom or as slaves. Fast forward to today’s version of kidnapping, holding shipping, threatening perceived weaker neighbors, deep pockets, i.e. Iran’s nuclear deal, and continue to repeat. Once upon a time, Thomas Jefferson’s emissary threatened these actions and was ignored. Subsequently, the U.S. Marines went into Tripoli, captured and held the resident caliph. End of story. The current caliph has ignored the recent warning. Perhaps […]")
![Re “House panel OKs Mayorkas impeachment charges “ (Feb. 1): The New York Times is even worse than the Associated Press as a PR arm of the Democrats. Unbiased reporting has been abandoned by them both. In your front-page article on the pending Mayorkas impeachment, the N.Y. Times made its shamelessly aggressive agenda clear. My journalism professors would have blue-penciled this hack piece, sending it back to the writer with a stern warning. The writer says the Republicans “raced forward with a partisan indictment” of Biden’s border policies. Yes, the opposition does oppose. Shocked? They called it an “extraordinary escalation […]](https://www.ocregister.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2018_1008_generic_mailbox_letters_to_the_editor3-1.jpg?w=513 "Re “House panel OKs Mayorkas impeachment charges “ (Feb. 1): The New York Times is even worse than the Associated Press as a PR arm of the Democrats. Unbiased reporting has been abandoned by them both. In your front-page article on the pending Mayorkas impeachment, the N.Y. Times made its shamelessly aggressive agenda clear. My journalism professors would have blue-penciled this hack piece, sending it back to the writer with a stern warning. The writer says the Republicans “raced forward with a partisan indictment” of Biden’s border policies. Yes, the opposition does oppose. Shocked? They called it an “extraordinary escalation […]")