Ralph Peters is right again: President Obama is overwhelmed (“Iran’s Nuke Lie Puts Heat on O,” Sept. 26).
Obama does not know which way to turn with the nuclear threat from Iran, so he is standing like a deer caught in the headlights, and that’s the very best way to get run over.
Obama deluded himself into thinking that a lot of diplomatic yapping was going to solve the problem, but he has made the problem worse and created more fear and loathing.
Who are we supposed to turn to? Maybe Peters has the answer.
Tom Cahill
Manhattan
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It’s nice to know that the president would love nothing more than to see Iran choose the responsible path.
I bet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will take him seriously now.
Perhaps Obama could personally attend the world-powers meeting in October and reiterate his desire for peace.
If only the meeting could be held in Munich.
John Laraway
Midland, Texas
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I have one question for know-it-all Peters: What did President George W. Bush do about Iran during the eight long years he was president?
Rocco Pellone
Manhattan
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It is sad to read Peters’ column about Obama’s appeasement of Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons.
It reminded me of a similar event: Munich, Sept. 29, 1938, when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and the leaders of France and Italy agreed to let Adolf Hitler annex Sudetenland.
Chamberlain returned to England, where he announced that he had achieved, with the Munich Agreement, “peace in our time.” A year later, Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II.
There is an eerie parallel in that the Western powers, led by the United States, effectively capitulated to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s demand to acquire nuclear weapons.
Make no mistake about it: The Iranians are going to make and use nuclear weapons. This is a stunning defeat for democracy.
Maurice Leon
Manhattan
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Again, Peters sees the truth. Iran, months away from atomic capability, continues to be the most dangerous regime in history.
Unlike previous thug regimes, like Nazi Germany and imperial Japan, Iran’s aspiration is not material gain, but the destruction of everything, including itself.
Brad Morris
Astoria
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The Obama administration knows about Iran’s nuclear intent, yet only plans on talking to Ahmadinejad.
It’s like 1938, when Chamberlain made a peace treaty with Hitler in hopes of preventing war with Germany.
World War II started anyway, and we have records of millions of civilians killed by the Nazi regime, not including the millions of soldiers who died for peace.
Fast forward to today. Do we pretend Iran’s nuclear plant doesn’t exist? Do we try to negotiate with Ahmadinejad?
We have the benefit of looking back at history and learning from mistakes. For the world’s sake, stop Iran from completing its nuclear plans.
Carol Bergman
Levittown
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Peters hits it dead on. We cannot afford to talk anymore with Iran and the other rogue nations that are set on US destruction. The time to act is now, and we must hit hard.
What will it take for us to decide that dialogue with these nations will not work? They are testing us to see how far they can go, and we are failing miserably.
They seem to know that Obama will not act until more innocent Americans are killed. Then again, he may not act then, either.
Rich Maldonado
Staten Island
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Iran is a threat that must be stopped.
Dan Salmon
Tappan