Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A conservative group is airing an ad showing kids counting down to a mushroom cloud to slam Bennet over the Iran nuclear deal. (Charles Dharapak, Associated Press file)
Re: “Bennet speaks out of both sides of his mouth,” Oct. 4 My Turn column.
Jonathan Lockwood’s comments on Sen. Michael Bennetap vote on the Iran nuclear deal came across to me as stridently partisan and a bit arrogant.
I am a rational and informed Coloradan who, like Bennet, reluctantly supports the Iran nuclear deal, recognizing its limitations, but also recognizing that in the absence of the deal, Iran would have had the capacity to develop a nuclear weapon in mere months.
Even though I support the crucial limitations on Iran’s nuclear program, I also understand the need for continued efforts to oppose Iran’s other highly objectionable actions including support for Bashar al-Assad in Syria and for groups in Lebanon and Gaza engaged in terrorist activities.
I will let Bennet speak for himself, but I expect he agrees on the need for continued efforts to oppose these objectionable Iranian actions.
Charles Kreiman, Centennial
This letter was published in the Oct. 11 edition.Some people, both left and right, take extreme partisan views of the Iran nuclear deal. However, most view it as a complicated agreement which should be debated. In truth, there is something for everyone to like, and something for everyone to dislike, in this agreement.
I’m not familiar with the group Advancing Colorado, but Jonathan Lockwood should remove the term “non-partisan” from his organization’s description.
James Epstein, Evergreen
This letter was published in the Oct. 11 edition.
