(We are still awaiting a reply to any of them)
President
Trump
The White House
1600
Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington
DC, 20500
6 April 2017
Dear
President Trump:
The Syrian
Regime dropped chemical bombs on innocent civilians Tuesday. 86 people were killed. 26 of the dead were children. The pictures are horrific. That action was nothing less than evil.
Last night the United States bombed back. I have not heard the results of our air strike, but I am glad that you have changed your mind and are no longer supporting President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. I am sure that you are meeting with your
advisors to determine the next courses of action to take. I am not a diplomat nor a military expert and
would not preserve to advise you as to strategy or which action to take. I am, however, a teacher and a father and
would like to give you two cautions.
First,
although the pictures of the damage caused by the al-Assad regime's chemical warfare make me angry and probably make you angry too, as you
consider further military action, please remember that there are still tens of
thousands of innocent people trapped between the government and the
rebels. In our anger toward the people
who perpetrated this crime, let us be careful not to hurt the very people we
wish to avenge, or perpetrate similar crimes with mis-aimed airstrikes.
Second,
those people that we engaged in an air strike to avenge, those children whose bodies have been horribly torn and destroyed by
this action, they are the same children that your legislation wants to bar from
entering the United States. Clearly they
need help. Do we really want them to
face a life stuck in war-torn Syria or stuck in a refugee camp for
decades?
I know you
have said “America First.” You have
shown that you are willing to change your mind when you recognize
injustice. Perhaps you might consider a
new slogan: “People First.”
Regards,
Bill
Boerman-Cornell
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