On August 8, between the anniversaries of our atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, our current president threatened nuclear war (“fire and fury”) against North Korea.
This kind of taunt did not cause Korea’s insane leader to back off his nuclear program. Indeed, shortly after Trump’s threat, Korea’s Kim Jung Un threatened to bomb American Guam. Two irrational leaders, who don’t have the self-control to de-escalate their bellicose bluffs before causing catastrophe now endanger us all.
In addition to killing uncountable millions, nuclear bombing in Korea would cover our land with radioactive fallout. Our food supply would be poisoned. Many would suffer cancer and birth defects.
Congress must remove our mentally ill president from office now. We can’t simply watch and follow a Commander-in-Chief whose record shows he is a person who can’t distinguish lies from truth, who doesn’t think coherently, whose priorities are to tweet incendiary provocations when mature pacification is necessary.
Bruce Joffe
Piedmont, Calif.
