Israels strikes on Iran: Letters to the Editor June 17, 2025

It was only a matter of time before Israel pulled the trigger (“Israel strikes Iran,” June 13).Iran and its proxies have been taunting Israel (and, for that matter, the United States) for a very long time.The revelation of nuclear near-preparedness was the straw that broke the camel’s back.Israel will come out of this victoriously, and its neighbors and the rest of the world will be grateful for Israel’s assault on this evil regime.

Ronald FrankWest Orange, NJNational security is the responsibility of the governing body of a nation.It is Israel’s decision to bomb Iran to protect itself.It is not based on the opinion of other nations or groups.Ed HoulihanRidgewood, NJThe bitter lesson from the 9/11 terrorist attack is to neutralize threats before they materialize on our shores.As the saying goes, “If people show you who they are, believe them.” The last thing we need is to allow the world’s most prolific sponsor of terrorism to have the world’s most deadliest weapons.President Trump bent over backward to “give peace a chance” and to remedy this dangerous standoff diplomatically.Whether the liberals of the world want to acknowledge it or not, the world is a lot safer with Iran defanged.Luana DunnMedfordPresident Trump loves to make deals, but there are no deals that the Iranian regime can be trusted to honor.A regime that violated the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty and the 2015 JCPOA (former President Obama’s Iran deal), as well as its agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear-facility inspections, can’t be trusted to honor any deal concerning its nuclear weapons and ballistic-missile programs.The only acceptable conclusion to the current conflict between Israel and Iran is an Israeli victory.

This means the complete nuclear disarmament of Iran, overseen by the United States and the IAEA.No deal that grants the Iranian regime anything else should even be considered, as this would be a recipe for a return of the Ira...