Welcome to From Insults To Respect.
I just watched President Trump’s speech about what he hopes the U.S. hopes will be achieved by joining forces with Israel to attack Iran. Since the attack began three days ago, some friends have asked for my reaction. Here’s my response.
There are only four things that I am certain of:
- Billions of tax dollars will be spent on this intervention,
- A great number of buildings and infrastructures that had been built by the hard work of thousands will be destroyed,
- Many will be seriously wounded,
- Many, including children, will be killed.
According to a New York Times report, a strike on a girls’ elementary school in southern Iran killed at least 175 people, most of them likely children,
Several videos and images verified by The New York Times showed that at least half of the two-story school was destroyed in the explosion. Emergency workers with the Red Crescent could be seen alongside families desperately combing through the rubble, which was littered with schoolbooks and book bags covered in blood and ashes. Portions of the building jutted out from the rubble, with bits of colorful murals visible on what were once the walls of the school. Desks were piled with debris.
As to what positives will come from the horrors of all of this, we will have to wait and see.
With deep sadness,
Jeff
