ISRAEL: Don’t provide one-sided coverage
Re: “Israeli strike leaves 11 dead” (TNT, 11-19). I was shocked to see the headline. Nowhere in the front-page story was any mention of the thousands of rockets that fell in Israel in the last four...
View ArticleISRAEL: TNT fell right into terrorists’ hands
Re: “Israeli strike leaves 11 dead” (TNT, 11-19). Hamas’ tactics are brutal and criminal, yet The News Tribune chose to use this headline. These terrorists use heavily populated areas like...
View ArticleISRAEL: Hamas’ goal the same as Hitler’s
Re: “Israeli strike leaves 11 dead” (TNT, 11-19). My husband and I just returned from a two-week vacation in Israel, where both Israeli citizens and U.S. tourists have been under long-term daily rocket...
View ArticleISRAEL: Palestinians need responsible leadership
I disagree with Eugene Robinson’s column, “Same sad story – but with frightening stakes.” (TNT, 11-20). Israel no longer occupies Gaza but completely withdrew in 2005 to promote peace. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleISRAEL: Robinson takes distorted view of conflict
Re: “Same sad story – but with frightening stakes” (Eugene Robinson column, 11-20). Robinson writes: “A disputed border incident provides a spark. Israel reacts with sudden force. Palestinians fire...
View ArticleISRAEL: The entire story is not being told
Recent opinions on this page illustrate how little is known about what is actually going on in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories – including Gaza, which remained occupied even after...
View ArticleISRAEL: Leaders should admit Hamas support, move on
Columnist Charles Krauthammer (TNT, 11-23) and several recent letter writers might ask Israeli leaders why they originally supported Hamas, granting a charter and funds to Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (they...
View ArticleISRAEL: That $1 billion from Congress? Didn’t happen
A writer critical of Israel complained (letter, 11-27) that the “corporate media” did not report that “Congress came together … and gave Israel an extra $1 billion” for defense. True enough. Because...
View ArticleMIDEAST: Get US troops out of Islamic countries
Many of the talking heads on conservative media outlets are fond of saying that Muslim terrorists “hate our freedom.” There probably are many devout Muslims who disapprove of Western morality when it...
View ArticleMIDEAST: We meddle out of self-interest
Re: “Get U.S. troops out of Islamic countries” (letter, 4-12). I agree: We should get out of Islamic countries and leave them alone. Let them handle their own affairs without our meddling. The problem...
View ArticleSYRIA: Is US being dragged into another quagmire?
I don’t know why countries let themselves get into such a state as Syria. There’s a ruling party and a government that should be providing basic services for its people, like education, good roads and...
View ArticleSYRIA: Are we seriously considering another war?
This U.S. can’t be serious? Another war? More treasure and lives lost? For what? We don’t even know who the good guys are. Syrian President Bashar Assad is a monster, but are the rebels any better? Are...
View ArticleSYRIA: Middle Eastern quicksand ahead
As a U.S. Army veteran, seeing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s and other national leaders’ chest thumping about Syria is upsetting. Plenty of my friends have died overseas, and the American people...
View ArticleMIDEAST: McCain wrong about abandoning Iraq
So now al-Qaida has taken over a hunk of Iraq – further proof that our meddling in the Middle East is the biggest mistake we ever made. Despite all the American blood and money that was poured into...
View ArticleMIDDLE EAST: Retaliation doesn’t work
The Middle East is destroying itself through the old law of retaliation. The Romans called it lex talionis. The Hebrews called it “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” It doesn’t work. Through this...
View ArticleMIDEAST: Seek balance in TNT headlines
Similar tactics were used in articles from July 9 through 14 about the Hamas-Israel conflict. Of course, these reports originate from other sources, but surely your paper has control over the...
View ArticleMIDDLE EAST: Is inaction a plan?
Can U.S. leadership learn from the past? Perhaps. It has been said that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The truth of that story is debatable, but the lesson is still true. Can U.S. leadership take...
View ArticleMILITARY: Let the Arabs protect themselves
Why is it always America’s responsibility to put young Americans in harm’s way time and time again when the 911 call comes in from the Middle East? We’ve already spent hundreds of billions of dollars...
View ArticleMIDEAST: US can’t force region into 21st century
Question: How are a bunch of boys playing in the woods who strike a hornets’ nest with a stick smarter than America’s policies in the Middle East? Answer: The boys will only strike the hornets’ nest...
View ArticleOBAMA: Armchair generals want ‘boots on the ground’
Re: “President shows cowardly leadership” (letter, 9-26). Evidently the writer doesn’t read or refuses to. He calls President Obama “The Cowardly Procrastinator.” Yes, he is a procrastinator, to the...
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