Letters: April 23, 2026

Netanyahoo finally got his wish – a U.S. president dumb enough to start a war with Iran

Let’s not forget that the illegal war of aggression against Iran was instigated by Benjamin Netanyahu in order to create a failed state incapable of resisting Israel’s ongoing land theft and genocide. He had been waiting for decades for an American president dumb enough to join him in a war against Iran, and he finally found his guy. And remember - the Strait of Hormuz was open for business until Iran was attacked, and the U.S. had a nuclear treaty with Iran until Trump tore it up. Iran is also a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which gives it the legal right to enrich uranium for civilian use. Iran’s previous Supreme Leader himself, who was murdered at the start of the war, was opposed to nuclear weapons. Numerous U.S. intelligence agencies have stated that Iran was not pursuing nuclear weapons, but they were ignored in favor of Israeli propaganda. Israel, on the other hand, has built hundreds of nuclear weapons while refusing to sign the NPT. “But Iran supports Hezbollah,” some complain. Yes, but Hezbollah was only established in response to Israel’s occupation of Lebanon. Likewise, Hamas was established in response to Israel’s occupation of Gaza. Hamas’ terrorist attack of 10-7-23 pales in comparison to Israel’s ongoing state-terrorism, genocide, ethnic cleansing and war crimes, actions which have turned it into a rogue nation alienated from much of the world. The U.S has also become a worldwide pariah .under Trump, with Greasy Pete Hegseth and him commanding sufficient nuclear capabilities to turn the Evangelicals’ apocalyptic wet-dreams into a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
David A Sorensen
Duluth, Minnesota
 
The evil partnership must end

The United States defeated Hitler and his fascist nazis in the Second World War. Actually it was more the Soviet Union that did the defeating and saved probably tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers lives in doing so but hey let’s not argue the point. We can see that the U.S. never really appreciated that. Today the Nazis of Germany are gone but the United States has taken their place and become the Fascists with new names. Their new names are Democrats (Kennedy, Johnson, Biden) and Republicans (the rest) who don’t mind killing. Some examples: they killed 3 million Vietnamese who were not enemies of the U.S.,  a million Indonesians, thousands in Chile, Nicaragua and Panama, a million in Iraq, etc. etc. And none were enemies!

America is a war criminal-hates peace. The weapons industry loves America. The petroleum industry claims the rights to oil everywhere in the world. I doubt if there ever was in the history of humanity anything worse than the USA. It has been stated that the U.S. is the enemy of humanity. Seems to fit.

The U.S. continues its economic war against Cuba and invaded Venezuela, killing many and kidnapping their President Maduro while continuing its economic war there.
The U.S. is committing genocide in Palestine sending arms to Israel who has killed with U.S. blessings from both US criminal parties more than 75,000!!! Palestinians, destroying their homes, schools, and their health care system. The world is starting to wake up as are the American people to the fact that the U.S. is not representative of the American people and is THE ENEMY OF HUMANITY. Both parties are in on it. AIPAC, American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, give big time donations to almost all American Senators and Representatives including Minnesotan. AIPAC controls “our” Congress in Washington.

So along with what Zionist Israel is doing with U.S. weaponry committing genocide in Palestine the U.S. and Israel STARTED WAR AGAINST IRAN. Trump is at war illegally of course like all American regimes do without the consent of Congress who are in it together-Democrats and Republicans alike. It matters not that we, the people, want peace. Democracy and peace are not what the U.S. government nor Israel want. Israel controls the U.S. government. They are both in it together. This evil partnership must end.
Steve Johnson
Ely, Minnesota