‘Disingenuous’
Dear Editor:
Love him or hate him, there’s no middle ground in people’s opinion of Trump. His flaws are as obvious as his permanent tan, but to equate him with the Iranian Ayatollah or Venezuela’s Maduro, or even Adolf Hitler is ridiculous.
Maduro is a thug, responsible for exporting huge amounts of drugs into the U.S.
Venezuelans, both inside and outside the country cheered when he was ousted. Consider the terrible harm caused by drugs coming into Canada from Venezuela and China – we have lost a whole generation of people due to addiction. To even consider all those destroyed drug boats as being just pleasure craft is being disingenuous.
And to compare Trump to the Iranian Ayatollah, a murderous tyrant who has executed thousands of his own people, subjugated women and publicly beheaded 2SLGBTQIA+ people, is a step too far. Two protesters were unfortunately killed by ICE agents, who were originally sent in to clear immigrants involved in a massive fraud investigation. Compare that to the thousands of Iranians who have been murdered, like the young woman recently whose only crime was to wear her hijab incorrectly.
At the time of the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, which were hijacked by a Palestinian militant group who murdered and kidnapped Israeli hostages, I worked on an air force base in Germany. Every day, before going to work, we had to check under our car for traces of bombs. I can not imagine living like this, year after year, as the Israelis do. Thank God America is on their side.
Trump is no Hitler. Bear in mind it was the Americans who jumped in and helped the allies win both World Wars. And if China or Russia poke their heads over the parapet of our northern border, who on earth is going to come to our aid?
I don’t like Trump’s tariffs, or talk about Canada becoming the 51st state, but now that we’ve finally met NATO’s target perhaps we’ll have something to bargain with. Although until we get a prime minister who can actually negotiate with our southern neighbour instead of racking up the air miles on his constant world tours, I won’t hold my breath.
Jeanette Clarke,
Fergus