The Issue: The US-Iran cease-fire comes to a close after both sides launch new strikes.
Once again, President Trump has resumed military strikes on Iran (“Time for talk is Don,” Mark Dubowitz, July 9).
I believe that he wanted to prove to the skeptics that he offered every diplomatic solution possible to a regime that is hell-bent on “death to America,” and for that matter, to Trump himself.
I truly hope he demonstrates the fortitude to finish the job this time.
The Iranians have proven time and again that they are not to be trusted and their promises are worthless.
The Memorandum of Understanding is as good as toilet paper.
Bo Madden
Jupiter, Fla.
Given the duplicity and deception of the ruthless and rabid theocrats and terrorists in the Strait of Hormuz, renewed military force and sanctions by the United States regrettably have become necessary.
This isn’t the first time America has had to silence a regime threatening lives and shipping in an international navigable waterway.
In 1805, Thomas Jefferson ordered a small force of Marines and mercenaries to topple Derna, a port city near Tripoli, the base for pirates who attacked shipping in the Mediterranean.
Then as now, diplomacy was tried first, but the only way to persuade Middle Eastern despots to cease their aggression is a show of strength, iron will and — when called for — overwhelming force.
Ira Cohen
Weston, Fla.
Trump has shown extraordinary patience in his efforts to reach a peaceful settlement with Iran.
Now it’s apparent that negotiating with psychopathic religious zealots is not possible.
The president was absolutely correct to address the clear threat posed by a nuclear Iran.
With Trump in office and our military in place, there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to destroy the existential threat Iran poses to the United States.
Do it now, Mr. President.
Robert Mangi
Garden City
Like most bullies, Iran needs to be put in its place.
Giving a bully space and freedom to behave as it so wishes can only lead to mayhem and endless suffering.
Iran should not be coddled; it must be shown that it cannot pursue its diabolical goals.
If not, we all pay the price.
S.P. Hersh
Lawrence
The success of Trump’s war plans depended on one assumption: that ordinary people of every nation innately want a Western lifestyle, abiding by Western values.
If that assumption had been true, then, after the US military killed key figures in the Iranian theocracy, the ordinary Iranians would have overthrown their theocratic regime and begun preparations for new elections to install a Western-oriented government.
Unfortunately, the assumption is false.
Europeans want Western-oriented democratic governments while Iranians want a theocracy.
No foreign power is imposing this theocratic government on Iran; the regime exists because the majority of Iranians support and maintain it.
Dwight Sunada
Stanford, Calif.
To say the Iranian people have “demonstrated extraordinary courage in confronting their oppressors” is a big bold-faced lie.
The Iranian people have done nothing with their opportunity to overthrow the government.
When the United States began this war, the people were closest to change but haven’t kept the momentum going.
Iranians better finally show some stones themselves because the United States isn’t going to do it for them. If they allow this moment to pass again, they are fools.
James Schwartz
Summit, NJ
The United States hit Iran for firing on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Now the president has said that the cease-fire with Iran is over.
The leaders in Iran are out to lunch and don’t understand Trump’s will, which is to stay the course until peace is achieved.
Iran’s leaders cannot be trusted and will pay the price for their deception and are hurting their own people who want only peace and freedom.
As a Vietnam-era Navy veteran, I applaud the president for his actions.
Frederick Bedell Jr.
Bellerose
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