War Rhetoric

Dear President Trump,

Would you please shut-up? You currently have a major troop deployment in Afghanistan, military action against ISIS, and you have been ramping up the tension with North Korea. And today you are threatening military action for the issues in Venezuela. Shooting your mouth off is not helping.

Our military is stretched thin. Guam is getting civil defense warnings. You have cut the State department to the point that is now useless. Heck, we don't even have an ambassador in South Korea. It is time to tone it back.

You have been critical of the generals in Afghanistan. You have failed to understand that the war going on there is complex and hard. This not some Hollywood movie.

Your words have weight throughout the world. Our allies are starting to think of you as a laughing stock. Some would even say that you already are. Why? You shoot from the hip, spout lies, and seem to have no desire to learn the facts.

Currently, there are 250,000 American citizens being threaten. The Seventh fleet is in Guam. Millions of innocent people in Korea would die if things spiral out of control.

You need to stop talking. Stop Tweeting. Let the diplomats do their jobs. Stop trying to be a war president. It does not always give you a great spot in history. Especially if you start the war that ends the world. So, just stop. For the sake of my child, your children, and the world.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.

Gorka and Diplomacy

Dear Mr. Gorka (Deputy Assistant to the President),

It is obvious that you have no idea how government or the military works. But let me mansplain it to you.

War is supposed to the last option of diplomacy. This is what every officer in the United States military is taught. This also how wars are prevented.

The Secretary of State is indeed the Chief Diplomat of the United States. But before we go to war the Smart Country and Leadership explore every option but military actions. And in the art of diplomacy one of the things that a diplomat must do is calm people down so that cooler heads can prevail. Only a fool goes the war without trying to negotiate a solution first.

You sir, are the deputy assistant to the President that puts you four steps down in the pecking order. Even Kellyanne Conway is higher than you. Finally, you need to be aware that when people have a recording of you making a stupid statement, trying to deny it only makes you and your president look stupid. As my father used to tell me, it's time to engage the Brain before wagging the tongue.

Signed,
An Informed Citizen.