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I wanted to add my voice to the millions in the United States and around the world that I am opposed to Trump and Israel’s war against Iran.
In particular, I want to say that it is absolutely unacceptable to bomb infrastructure that civilians use, such as power plants, roads, bridges, and desalination plants. To do so is a war crime, as recogonized by both US and international law. Military leaders given such orders have a duty to refuse them because they are illegal.
I have long feared that Trump is mentally ill and it seems his condition is deteriorating. He should be removed from office by the 25th amendment which provides for the removal from office of a president who is unfit to serve.
I fear, though, that no one will intervene and Trump will perpetrate war crimes against the Iranian public. As a US citizen, this action is undertaken in my name but I am disavowing it here, not that I expect it to have any impact.
I appreciate Pope Leo speaking so forcefully and so often on behalf of peace. If only Trump would listen to him and the millions of others trying to avert any more war, death, and destruction.
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Joanne Corey 
I so agree with you
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Thanks, Beth! I think there are many, many of us.
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I know it to be true.
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More than the 25th: Article II, Section 4. We need them ALL gone. It is inexcusable that anyone has allowed it to go this far.
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Unfortunately, impeachment and conviction take a long time – and 2/3rds of the current Senate is a super long shot. 25th is the fastest route available for Trump, given that he won’t resign. Not that I trust Vance or Rubio or Johnson at all, either, but they are at least sane.And probably more impeachable/convictable than Trump when the time comes.
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Trump is such a big bully. He doesn’t understand much about Iranian culture. He thinks he can have regime change by using force. On the contrary, his air war is only making the Iranian people more united against a foreign force.
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Trump doesn’t even understand culture in the US, much less anywhere else. He is a horrible bully and has no moral compass.
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Each Trump move is more outrageous than the last, which, of course, is his playbook. But if a megalomaniac is in charge of the steering wheel, that leads nowhere good.
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True. Trying to take on the first US-born Pope shows, again, how megalomaniacal Trump is. I wonder if the defeat of Orban will stiffen the spine of some of the Republicans to stand up to Trump, realizing that the hadnwriting is on the wall.
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