To the editor:
Over the last month a great number of people have voiced their concerns about certain comments made on Facebook, claiming among other things wanting apologies and resignations. For those who had or have an axe to grind you got your minute of fame.
At the core of this issue is what our president is doing with extremists in Iran. Do any of you remember this is the country that has stated the slaughter of six million Jews is a figment of our imagination? The same country that has stated that the destruction of Israel and the United States is their mission in life?
Negotiating with Iran about their attempt to produce atomic weapons is the stated purpose. Negotiating with extremists has been attempted before. France and Russia had an agreement with Hitler that Germany would not attack them. We all know what happened in the Second World War. Hitler and the Nazi Party were extremists, a minority of the German population. Japan and its extremists slaughtered millions more as it ran through the Korean Peninsula, China, Indochina, the Philippines along with countless other islands. Its part of history. Extremists offer only their perspective and the consequences are devastating.
There are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world today. Intelligence organizations estimate that a fifth of Muslims are radicals, extremists — 300 million Muslims that are in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America, and the Far East. There are nearly as many extremists as their are American citizens. Remember their stated mission is to destroy the United States, 9-11 is a perfect example of their commitment this extremist group.
To negotiate with these extremists is a grave error in judgment. These are the people who are slaughtering Christians because of their faith. We are negotiating with these people, remember that.
And now if we make a comment about our position against negotiating with radicals we are branded bigots. To follow blindly and let our world become exposed to an Iran with nuclear weapons is not the path to follow. There is no level of political correctness that will stop Iran once the extremists have their nuclear weapons.
Tom Deschaine
Presque Isle
