In the 90s a TV show named Dragnet featured a LAPD detective named Joe Friday. His classic line was “just the facts ma’am, just the facts.” I will try to present just the facts concerning the Iran, Israel, US conflict (it’s not a war for political reasons — absurd).

Are you aware the US and Israel on 2 occasions sneak attacked Iran while actively negotiating? Did you know Iran lost over 200,000 people in part because the US and Germany supplied Iraq with materials to create weapons of mass destruction in the 80’s?

TV pundits characterize Muslims and Iranians as people worthy of being bombed into the stone age. They typify Iranians as terrorists and maniacs having a death wish disregarding human life. The pundits hyperbolic rants are wrong. Serving in Bahrain during my Navy career I can attest to the mainstream media lies.

While Israel bombs Gaza and Lebanon with American support the world and UN watch genocide in action. The world is ready to accept different cultures and forget a unipolar world controlled by Zionists.

Yes, countries have different values and I support the US trying to influence political values of countries but not through war. Sovereign countries have the right of self determination ... a message sent to the US by countries from all over the world ... a message being ignored.

Terry Watto

Lehighton