Loose broadcasts threaten bombers and airmen
Aiken, S.C.: I have contempt for anyone threatening to impeach President Trump for defending our country and its people against the murderess regime in Iran.
Some Democratic politicians, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries have abused their First Amendment rights and their positions of power to obstruct and incite people by committing an act of sedition to undermine our president, making threats of impeachment to distract him and interfere with his duties to carry out our mandate to reverse the damage done by the Biden administration. They also wanted Congress to give the green light to take action, which is like telling the world before action could be taken.
This brings me to an outrageous interview. In the middle of a serious fight with Iran, Steve Doocy on “Fox & Friends” gave up intelligence and information our enemies probably didn’t know while expressing his exuberance for the attack on Iran’s nuclear facility. He was broadcasting outside the airbase where the B-2 bombers and other high-tech aircraft are based, telling the world. During his interview, a representative said where the B-2s were being built in another state. Considering that a reported 700-plus Iranians are alleged to be in our country who could attack us, that interview gave them targets to hit and information they didn’t have.
Loose lips sink ships. As a combat-wounded Marine Vietnam veteran, reporters should think before speaking. I want to applaud the president and his team for one of the most sophisticated operations I have ever seen in my lifetime. Gregory J. Topliff
Invited attack
Darien, Conn.: Some of us are concerned that we here in the U.S. might now be attacked, and certainly nearby bases with our servicemen and women. Didn’t the felon ever consider that? Dan Singer
Stranded in a warzone
Brooklyn: My sister, niece and nephew went to Israel (they’re American citizens) for a wedding and got stuck there. They checked a few airlines and $6,000 was quoted for one-way flight to N.Y. Steven Vaiselberg
Premature celebration
Massapequa, L.I.: Our president said that Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility had been fully obliterated. The next day, our intelligence department says not so fast, Mr. President, we did not completely destroy the target, we only set Iran back two months. This reminds me of President George W. Bush landing on the aircraft carrier with the banner “Mission Accomplished,” both way before the mission was over. Ron Boehning
Divergent fortunes
Ridgewood, N.J.: This was a good week for Trump, with his precision attack against Iran’s nuclear sites. It was a bad week for Democrats, with a socialist winning the Democratic Party’s primary for mayor in NYC, the financial capital of the world. Ed Houlihan
Domestic damage
Monmouth Beach, N.J.: Now that Trump has managed to fail once again with his ill-founded attempt to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, can our president return to the business of destroying the American economy with higher prices due to his tariffs, along with rounding up and deporting hard-working immigrants who support much-needed labor at the lower end of the American economic ladder? Also, Trump’s ruination of American tourism due to his Make America Great Again strategy of managing to get European and Canadian visitors to book vacations elsewhere due to his hateful and divisive rhetoric. David W. Kay
Courtside creeps
Bronx: By arresting people who show up for their court appearances, ICE has proven that it is not rounding up criminals for deportation. What criminal gang members are going to show up? The cowardly masked men have attacked and arrested a mayor and comptroller, then released them without charges because they did nothing wrong. Sadly, there is no end to the tornado coming from Trump and his incompetent and corrupt administration. Randall Borra
In comes the fringe
Syosset, L.I.: Remember when Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats dismissed AOC and the progressive/socialist wing of the party as irrelevant, fringe outliers? Remember when the Republicans warned that the extremists were indeed the future (and maybe even the present) leading Democratic voices? Well, here we are, as New York officially welcomes the Democratic Socialists of America with open arms. Drew Oringer
Made your beds
Merrick, L.I.: People always want to relive their youth. Well, I think it’s time to get those bell-bottoms out of the mothballs. Welcome back to the wonders of the ’70s, because crime will run rampant. No matter how bad the suffering of Democratic citizens of NYC is, it seems they just want more. By voting for a devout anti-Israel, defund-the-police individual who has never held a job, I have no sympathy for any of you. Thank God I don’t live in the city. The funny thing is the thing that put him over the top is liberal white voters — the people not affected. Free buses and subways, government supermarkets and tax the rich. They also voted for Alvin Bragg, the architect of the problems in the city as of now. Keep voting for those people with a “D” next to their names. Donald Ziminski
Fleeing south
Belvidere, N.J.: There’s only one alarming thing to know about Zohran Mamdani: his free bus fare pledge. As mayor, if Mamdani actually succeeds in that utopian commitment, he will eventually prove that socialism can never work. How long will it take to tax NYC’s millionaires to fill the city coffers to the satisfaction of the MTA to drop all bus fares across the five boroughs? Better yet, how will Mamdani stop the “overnight” migration of NYC’s millionaires to states like Florida? Gov. Ron DeSantis is already reading the political tea leaves and is welcoming these millionaires to Florida. Dan Arthur Pryor
Stringer’s zinger
Utica, N.Y.: To Voicer Steve Ostlund, who wrote about the NYC primaries finally coming to an end and that he didn’t didn’t have to hear Scott Stringer calling Trump a “schmuck” anymore: That was the best part of the commercial. They should keep airing it. Francisco Matos
Undeveloped plot
Manhattan: So, Randy Mastro thinks he’s learned a lesson from killing housing on Elizabeth St. (“The Elizabeth Street Garden’s lesson,” op-ed, June 24)? Here’s another one: When homeless individuals and their advocates, including Habitat for Humanity, go up against politically connected NIMBY opponents and A-list celebrities, the odds are against them, especially when there is a mayor in a tight reelection race where politically powerful friends are more useful than the poor and the homeless. Councilman Chris Marte says he needed to tank the Elizabeth Street Haven Green housing for some reason so he could arrange for three new sites instead of doing housing on all four sites. I very much hope he gets this done, although all these locations are starting from zero. So, when he brags about the three potential sites, remember that there could have been four. Alec Pruchnicki
Let nice things be
Bronx: If the Elizabeth Street Garden was allowed to remain rather than be used for low-cost housing, why can’t the popular Brooklyn 3 foot by 3 foot, pint-sized aquarium in Bedford-Stuyvesant also exist? The locals love and respect it and the man who created it takes care of it. It’s a lovely creation. Rose Mary Lancaster
Community blight
Ozone Park: A casino should never be in Times Square. The surrounding area will become a city slum. All you have to do is visit Atlantic City or South Ozone Park to notice the degenerative effect a casino will bring. If you want a string of pawn shops, you’ll get them. The casino will never pay to develop or maintain the nearby neighborhoods. The neon dollar signs should be ignored as a tempting illusion. Ray Hackinson
Character change
Boynton Beach, Fla.: Has anyone else noticed that MAGA Party Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, who started doing his voice impersonation of cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn quite some time ago, has now restyled his appearance with new glasses and a new hairdo that make him look like Granny from “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Quite a combination for Louisiana’s distinguished senator. William T. Bredin
