Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor.
Civilian casualtiesunfortunate result of war
Re: “Biden’s Gaza policy is cause for concern” (Page A6, March 13).
The writer contends that the behavior of Israel in Gaza constitutes genocide and that U.S. backing of it is shameful. But I think it’s similar to asking if it was shameful for the United States to back the Allies in World War II. After all, the Allies killed quite a few innocent civilians when fighting tyrants for the survival of those targeted countries.
War is a necessary evil that often results in the loss of innocent lives. I would suggest that those who blithely demand a “cease-fire” or “two-state solution” should take a look at history. Then ask themselves: What do they expect to happen after that cease-fire or two-state solution?
Daniel MautheLivermore
Why is it so hard to showhumanity to humans?
Re: “Horses from Iceland, dogs from the West Bank landing at JFK” (Page A2, March 20).
Related Articles
Letters: BART project | Stopping tragedies | Willie Brown | Glass containers | College hardships | Economic deterrent
Letters: Build Sites | Social media | Disappointing Lincoln | Growing pension | Wrong side
Letters: Reliable landlines | Clean roads | Top-two primary | Litany of untruths | Desperation in Gaza | Replace Netanyahu
Letters: Rent control | Climate change | Ranked-choice voting | Threat to democracy
Letters: Health care | Forestall cuts | Broad appeal | BART extension costs | Built on weakness
Why do we demonstrate more humanity toward other creatures than we do toward ourselves?
The ARK, a privately owned sanctuary for displaced or injured animals from locations around the globe — but in particular, those areas racked by famine and war — administers out of JFK.
Encompassing 14 acres at one of the busiest airports in the world, the ARK will prepare and send these animals to new and safer places to live. I never knew this. Makes me feel a little better about who we are.
But, again, why is it so much more difficult to care for those of our own species?
The “ARK” is such an apt name for this program. I wonder if it’s time for another flood.
Phil GottliebWalnut Creek