In an awful place
So $6 billion was sent to Tehran to negotiate a hostage deal for five Americans and the Iranians promised, in good faith, the money would only be used for humanitarian needs like food and medicine. They actually made a promise that not a single dollar of it helped fund the Hamas terrorists who murdered, kidnapped and raped Israelis over the weekend and are continuing to do so.
And yet, in a series of meetings in Beirut, Iranian officials helped plan Saturday’s assault and invasion, all while the country was negotiating the hostage deal with the United States. And a Hamas spokesperson even told the BBC on Saturday that Iran’s government provided backing for the mass terror spree across Israel.
We are in an awful place in this period in time. Our oil reserves are at an all-time low. Production is now being prioritized elsewhere except this country and more emphasis is being put on solar, wind and electric vehicles. No one wants them. No one can afford them. No one believes in them except liberals who are totally out of their ever-loving minds.
People are in need of a better economy so they can buy the essentials like gas, food, heat and affordable housing. The supply chain is going down. If you don’t believe it go to your local parts manager and ask him. You will be shocked at what he says unless he voted for Joe Biden.
John Webb
Reubens
Stop applauding terrorism
I am no expert on the Middle East but my reading on the subject causes me to understand the British were in control of Palestine for some period of time, but ultimately, their mandate over Palestine ended shortly after the end of World War II.
My understanding is the British and the United Nations divided Palestine into essentially two states: one designated as Israel, home to the Jewish state, and the other as Palestine, home to the Palestinian state.
Jerusalem was to be an international city. Again, based on my reading, the Palestinians were dissatisfied with this result, and with five Arab armies, they invaded the infant nation of Israel. The rest is history.
The Israelis whipped the Palestinians ... and, in the process, ended up in possession of most of the portion of mandatory Palestine which the British had set over to the Palestinians. Ever since then, the Palestinians have been complaining nonstop about needing a “two-state” solution and having their own Palestinian state.
They had a Palestinian state but they decided it was not enough for them. They wanted it all and they attempted to exterminate the Israelis so they could have all of mandatory Palestine. They lost.
The fact ... is the Palestinians had their Palestinian state and they blew it by getting greedy. Now they resort to terrorism to attempt to regain what they lost in a straight-up war. In my view, people need to stop applauding this terrorism, especially the pro-Arab members of our Congress.
Danny J. Radakovich
Lewiston
E-edition questions
Why does the experi-mental version of the Tribune’s online e-edition not include the weekly supplements? Why does it not include the Sunday funnies? Why does the PDF version of the comics page have poorer resolution in the new version than in the old? Why can’t the e-edition be opened from the Tribune app? For that matter, why doesn’t the app include even daily funnies?
Why does it matter? Because I have poor vision and rely on digital tools to read the paper. And I am a reader and have been for better than 60 years, from the time I would spread the Sunday funnies out across the floor, studying “Dick Tracy” and following the perambulations of “The Family Circus.”
To be fair, the current version does include the supplements and perhaps the updated version will as well, in time. But clearly there is work to be done. The new e-edition works well when one adapts to its features but I hope it will improve its PDF generation and allow me to scroll from popped-up story to story without returning to the “newspaper” each time. Consider the way the Spokesman-Review app handles the same chore.
Corrie Rosetti
Clarkston
