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This week, we asked readers their opinion on the current situation in Iran, and if they think America could be attacked at home in retaliation for having started a bombing campaign, together with Israel, against Iran on Feb. 28, killing the Iranian leader, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as well as around 175 people, mostly children, after a school was struck. Since then, Reuters report that around 3,134 Iranians have been killed, including 207 children.
“I don’t like it but you have to respect the Iranians. Do you know why? Three thousand years ago, the Greeks and the Persians had a big war, The Battle of Marathon, but then later they became very good friends. Would you like it if I came to your house and moved your furniture? You wouldn’t like that, right? I think that he (U.S. President Donald Trump) did the right thing because if they were going to use a nuke on us, he wanted to be prepared. They did knock out the nukes last year, yes. Yes, I believe we could be attacked here.”
Tony Apostolos,
Bedford Park
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“This war should never have happened. The administration currently in the White House is only milking America and its citizens. This president has only defended dictatorships and is not taking care of America’s business. Yes, I think we can be attacked.”
Rev. Carmen Hernandez,
Soundview
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“By now, it has every appearance that a few generations of difficult and often contradictory Middle East policies have finally run off the rails. The pot is boiling over. The outcome and the aftermath of all this remain highly uncertain.”
Roger F. Van Vlissingen,
Parkchester
Photo courtesy of Phil Clarke, Jr.
“President Trump started an unnecessary war without thinking things through. He needs to be removed before nukes are launched. Do I think we could be attacked? Part of me thinks we deserve to be.”
Phil Clarke, Jr.,
Norwood
Photo courtesy of Ezra Glasser
“We could always be attacked at home. I’m concerned about President Trump’s motives, which are never good. It’s probably about oil, as he makes deals with oil companies regarding Venezuela’s oil. Then, he claims that global warming is a ‘hoax,’ the fact that Iran’s nuclear program was a danger and needed to be checked. I am glad that one ‘supreme leader’ is dead, another may be wounded, [and] the fact that Iran’s military has been decimated. I am also glad that Israel has control over Iran’s skies.”
Ezra Glaser,
Brooklyn via Norwood
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