Letters to the Editor
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Israel and Iran
Israel's neighbors have started four wars intended do destroy it. The leader of Iran has announced that his country intends to acquire nuclear weapons and use them to destroy Israel. I think Israel has every right to be concerned. I do not agree with -- or defend -- all of Israel's actions in regard to settlements, fences, rights of Palestinians -- but let us not forget that it is the Arab countries, totaling 50 times Israel's size, that are attempting to destroy Israel and not the other way around. And for those who argue that Israel's possession of nuclear weapons somehow justifies Iran's, let me point out that Israel has neither used nuclear weapons nor threatened to do so -- while Iran has made clear that it intends to acquire nuclear weapons AND to use them.