Vietnam is favored while Cuba is not
For those who think for themselves, here are some questions to consider about the current situation in Cuba. First, the facts:
• 58,220 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War. Many still living Americans have injuries or memories of the War – including loved ones lost there.
• 4 Americans were killed during the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba 65 years ago.
So here is the question:
Why is Vietnam, a communist country, now officially designated as a U.S. “Most Favored Nation”, while we have had no trade with Communist Cuba and, in addition, are currently threatening it?
Why the Republican hatred of Cuba and not that of Vietnam?
Hint: I suggest you consider the political landscape of South Florida and the power it holds over the entire country when it comes to Cuban policy.
Curt Anderson, Broomfield
Fed Chair deserves the Medal of Freedom
My recommendation for the Medal of Honor would be Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell, for resisting with poise the continual efforts of the president (who originally appointed Powell) to either resign or lower interest rates for political purposes, which would negate the Federal Reserve’s independence and purpose.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg dismissed the grand jury subpoenas brought by the Department of Justice against Powell as meritless. In reviewing the case, the erudite , “the president spent years essentially asking if no one would rid him of this troublesome Fed chair. He then suggested a specific line of investigation into him, which had been proposed by a political appointee with no role in law enforcement, who hinted that it could be a way to remove Powell.”
The Department of Justice then complied with the suggestion to begin a criminal inquiry. Really, DOJ attorneys, is this what you went to law school for? Your mothers must be so proud.
C. Greenman, Lakewood
Congress has failed to declare war since 1942
Re: “Congress looks for Trump’s exit plan,” March 22 news story
The Associated Press reports, “President Donald Trump took the United States to war without a vote of support from Congress.” I would like to remind the reporter that the last time a United States president requested a formal declaration of war . On Dec. 8th, 1941, the day after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, FDR made his “Day of Infamy” speech, and then three following declarations in 1942.
Presidents of both parties have used our military in wars without Congress’s formal war declaration . Wars with Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan, Iraq, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, Libya, Syria and Yemen to name a few of the wars that presidents did not get a formal declaration of war from Congress. In fact, there have been over 200 conflicts, some with lesser authorization, but none with a war declaration.
The article makes it seem that President Trump was the first to go to war without Congressional approval, and it is very misleading. As a Vietnam veteran, I just want to set the record straight.
David Engelbert, Highlands Ranch
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