If New York Republicans give Schumer yet another free ride, he will run around the nation in 2016 assisting fellow Democrats running for the Senate. Democrats only need a net pickup of five seats to regain control of the Senate.
Larry Penner
Great Neck, NY
Childlike Analysis
Presidential spokesman Josh Earnest recently said that Russia’s “imposing a military solution” would not work. He cited the Russian attempt in Afghanistan during the Jimmy Carter years and the American attempt in Iraq eight years ago.
This is a childlike analysis. First of all, the American attempt in Iraq was actually working until President Obama basically walked away from Iraq. Obama actually cited the relative tranquility in Iraq as a justification for the removal of American forces. However, if only a fraction of American troops had remained, Iraq would have been given a much better chance at democracy and Iran surely would not have had an easy opportunity to dominate Iraq and virtually make it an Iranian satellite.
Furthermore, “imposing a military solution” worked very well in World War II when we did so on Nazi Germany, Japan, and Italy.
Arthur Horn
East Windsor, NJ