Red button

It seems obvious that Iran shouldn’t have an atomic bomb but should any country? There are less than 10 countries that have nuclear weapons, three of them have a single person effectively in total control with Russia, China and North Korea.

The threat of the bomb is that an atomic war would probably destroy everyone and everything so no one wants to risk starting such a war, a peace forced on them.

The latest war based on this threat is President Trump’s offensive against Iran. These matters are usually approved by Congress but President Trump seems to have ignored them and acted on his own authority, an authority he might have just assumed.

There needs to be a better solution including, getting rid of the weapons, and looking for real peace rather than fearful protection but it is doubtful if Trump can find it while his approach is to bomb people into submission.

Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia