It’s time to seek peace

RECENT NEWS has covered the missile attack on a Syrian airbase ordered by Donald Trump. A poor example from a president that campaigned on not bombing Syria. A president who campaigned on making America great again, wasting millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money. What did this missile strike really do when they were flying aircraft out of the very same airbase by the next day?

Did we really need to launch this attack? Why do our country’s leaders continue to involve us in foreign military conflicts that have nothing to do with our country? Our military is meant for national defense, not for regime change and nation building. It’s time we stop sending our troops into pointless military action, stop putting our youths’ lives at risk for nothing more than government agenda and greed. As one of the biggest super powers in the world, there was absolutely no reason to send 59 Tomahawk missiles into a small country (like) Syria.

Aren’t we as a nation tired of war? Aren’t we tired of watching politicians use our military and our youth to further their agendas? We need peace in our country, not an absolute addiction to war. For the past 15 years, our troops have been involved in military conflicts around the world, predominantly in the Middle East, yet we’ve never been attacked by any of these countries in how long? September 11 happened over 15 years ago, and no attacks since, yet here we are sending 59 Tomahawk missiles into Syria. How can you look at this any other way than as an act of war... ordered without congressional approval. It’s time we move our country toward peace and liberty, not more war. STEPHEN DESPIN JR. Albuquerque