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Re: 鈥楻emembering Hiroshima鈥�

I agree with John Warnock that creating World War II analogies do not fit today鈥檚 high-risk nuclear situation. Warnock鈥檚 timeline of his father鈥檚 World War II Okinawa ordeals and the decision-making about the Hiroshima bombing move us because those August 1945 events resonate with us. President Truman鈥檚 administration鈥檚 actions show not one of their decisions was inevitable. What men decided surrounding Japan鈥檚 surrender on September 2nd, 1945, is important to note in context, but does not and should not determine our future.

Today is fundamentally different, because we are in a nuclear escalation with no exit ramp. As Warnock says, our current nuclear arms race 鈥渉as made it possible鈥� that millions will die worldwide and 鈥減ossibly even lead to human extinction.鈥� Like Warnock鈥檚 father, many people suffered in past wars, but the faulty use of people鈥檚 personal experiences when there were no nuclear weapons to justify current and future military actions, where there are nuclear weapons, is senseless for our decisions today.

Gloria McMillan

Midtown

Trump鈥檚 gift to Putin

I see that Trump has issued an 鈥渦ltimatum鈥� to Putin that the latter must end the war in Ukraine within 50 days or face serious consequences. I鈥檓 sure this 鈥渢ough guy鈥� approach is playing well with Trump鈥檚 MAGA base, who lack the critical thinking skills to realize that this is, in fact, a gift to Putin. It allows Putin more than seven weeks to step up offensive operations in Ukraine and take advantage of summer weather conditions, which tend to be conducive to offensive operations. Moreover, Putin is well aware, as we all are, that Trump is notorious for issuing ultimatums and then regularly backing down. Trump continues to project weakness, not strength, in the international arena, and Putin continues to 鈥減lay鈥� Trump. Trump鈥檚 promise to end the war in Ukraine on 鈥渄ay one鈥� was laughable. Unfortunately for Ukraine and the United States, Trump鈥檚 manifest incompetence will have disastrous consequences going forward.

James Dolian

SaddleBrooke

A very important clarification

Regarding USAID, I have little doubt that funds misappropriation existed, as I suspect it does in virtually any massive operation. I must also state, however, that I would never want Jeffrey McConnell to define for me what 鈥減rioritizes American interests,鈥� any more than I would trust the egregious liar currently in the presidency to do so. Most importantly, Mr. McConnell鈥檚 letter of July 17 states, 鈥淣o children have died as a result (of USAID cuts).鈥� As they say, the day is young. A recent study in The Lancet projects that various crucial USAID cuts could lead to over 4.5 million child deaths by 2030, with an estimated additional 700,000 child deaths per year. The cuts are projected to halt or reverse two decades of progress in health among vulnerable populations, disproportionately falling on children. The study鈥檚 findings are corroborated by other reports/analyses that show a direct link between funding cuts and increased mortality rates, primarily among children.

S. Ross Emmanuel

Southeast side

A house of cards

Federal legislators 鈥� the Representatives and Senators that voters elect to represent their states 鈥� are usually elected based upon their claims to stand up for the benefit of their constituents. In the case of the recent so-called 鈥淏ig Beautiful Bill,鈥� constituents with low incomes were tossed aside by most Republicans, who would rather cozy up to President Trump than stand up for their own voters.

In 蜜柚直播, more than a quarter of our 7.6 million residents are enrolled in the state鈥檚 Medicaid program and will have to work more and pay more for their medical care, unless of course they are physically unable to do so. In which case, many may end up in hospitals that are now facing severe financial shortfalls and potential closure: specifically those in Nogales, Bisbee, Globe, Winslow and Page.

This is a house of cards falling at the feet of Republicans, whose loyalty is to Trump and to rewarding the rich, while ignoring the rest of us.

Melody Sears

North side

Do you see what Trump really is?

To all the people who voted for Trump, is this really what you wanted? Have you figured out that all that bluster about not touching Medicare and about releasing the Epstein files was just that 鈥� bluster? He stood there and said, 鈥淚 love the uneducated,鈥� and you cheered. He said, 鈥淚 don鈥檛 care about you. I just want your vote.鈥� You cheered. Now he said that you are stupid and foolish, and he doesn鈥檛 need your support. When are you going to realize that this man, who really should be behind bars, is unfit to be sitting in the Oval Office? Every day that he is in office brings some fresh hell to our country in the form of more lies and bad policy. Isn鈥檛 it time you start pushing back?

Mary Zimmerman

SaddleBrooke

Secret Project Blue water

This quasi-secret project claims to be 鈥渘et water positive.鈥� What kind of political mumbo-jumbo is that? The proposed facility is going to use a lot of water, lots of water, whether clean or reclaimed. It is not going to manufacture water. All the water credits, searching for new sources, etc., is not going to produce any more water. Water is a finite thing. There are no more new sources. The Colorado River is not going to magically save 蜜柚直播.

William Long

Foothills

蜜柚直播 is running out of water

蜜柚直播 will not run out of water in the future 鈥� it is happening right now. By 2035, ADWR predicts a shortage of 800,000 acre-feet per year. Sharp declines in Colorado River flows, supplying Pima County via the Central 蜜柚直播 Project, have the seven basin states disputing how to allocate cuts. New home construction has been stopped in Buckeye and a suburb of Scottsdale. Residents cannot deepen wells fast enough to keep up with falling water tables in areas of Pinal, Mohave, La Paz, Yuma, and 蜜柚直播 counties.

Under these conditions, reclaimed water becomes as precious as potable water. The three data centers proposed for Pima County would consume about 2,865 acre-feet per year, enough to sustain over 10,000 homes.

If our local elected officials approve these data centers, history will judge them in the same light as former 蜜柚直播 city council member Sam Hughes, who diverted and mortally wounded the Santa Cruz River in 1888.

Brooks Keenan

Oro Valley

Derangement?

Let鈥檚 not confuse Loyal Johnson with Samuel Johnson, a legitimate lexicographer. Sir, your bogus definition of 鈥淭rump Derangement Syndrome鈥� is upside down & backward, more OCD than OED. In fact, your own LTEs are most often perfect examples of the malady, replete with outright falsehoods & ludicrous assertions untethered to reality, all in service to a world-class liar, Mr. Trump. That鈥檚 TDS.

Gary Susko

Midtown

Immigration reform important to all

It is an important issue (to all of us), but our lawmakers refuse to update our laws to address our concerns, so we let ourselves be ruled by fear. And, because he won鈥檛 encourage lawful reform, we let Trump rule us all.

Our government, such as it is, refuses to inform us of who, why and where immigrants (and often non-immigrants) are being denied basic human rights by ICE. Our government is encouraging imprisonment of 鈥渟uspects鈥� in the most heinous and barbaric conditions.

Regardless of your political leanings, I urge you to not let our glorious country become a Fascist dictatorship because we can鈥檛 get together and get real immigration reform into law.

I believe that former 蜜柚直播 Senator Kyrsten Sinema鈥檚 proposal would to be a very good starting point for reform.

Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, religious and non-religious need to work together to make it happen. Think of how proud you would be to be able to tell anyone and everyone that you helped make it happen.

Vincent Allen

Northwest side

Ambassadorship to (fill in the blank)

Reply to McConnell鈥檚 LTE of July 17: Your letter is more a plea for Trump views than for Conservative views. How did you ever survive BT (Before Trump)? Your letter鈥檚 attention to our nation鈥檚 鈥渕isguided programs鈥� involving transgender clinics, reassignment surgeries, & LGBTQ advocacy (to name a few) in countries like India, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, Serbia, and Nepal must have caused much consternation & countless sleepless nights all these years, yes? These 鈥渕isguided programs鈥� stated as part of USAID are much more complex and consequential than described in your letter. Surely you could list some ways these initiatives/programs have benefited both our country and global development.

Likewise, you鈥檝e likely been suffering greatly since 2003 with the enactment of Bush鈥檚 PEPFAR initiative, yes? May I suggest 2 things: First, read the July 17 opinion piece 鈥淲e must rediscover American values鈥� by Rick Rappaport. If that doesn鈥檛 do it, consider applying for ambassadorship to one of the countries listed above.

Ernest Saccani

Foothills

Federal funding

As a retired senior, I am in a bit of a quandary. I depend on Social Security and Medicare for my basic needs and have little money for charitable or political donations. As federal funding is destroyed, I want to financially support diversity in our country, public media and education, valuable community non-profits and food security for our most vulnerable. I also want to support politicians that will represent the best interests of their constituents, not give political wins to a cruel and unethical president with no regard for the rule of law. But I can鈥檛 afford to meaningfully support them all so, how do I prioritize? How can I decide which of these issues is most important when it鈥檚 only together they form the very fabric of what makes us a great nation?

The GOP and MAGA use a slogan 鈥淢ake America Great Again鈥� but without federal support for all people of this nation, not just the wealthy, they are just empty words.

Gail Slentz

Northwest side