Tag: Iran War
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Veterans protest Iran war, military use while VP Vance speaks at Air Force Academy graduation
As 931 Air Force Academy cadets walked the stage in Falcon Stadium to receive their diplomas and listened to Vice President JD Vance’s commencement speech, a group of veterans offered their own words of wisdom to graduates. A protest organized by About Face Veterans, El Paso County Progressive Vets and 50501 brought together around three…
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Taking a big-picture view of the war in Iran | Mike Rosen
“Partisanship should end at the waters’ edge.” That was a slogan coined in 1947 by Senator Arthur Vandenberg a Michigan Republican. By the “water” he meant the seas that enclose our nation. Vandenberg had been a staunch isolationist before World War II but after the allied victory he came to believe that domestic political fights should be put aside when the nation deals with foreign policy and major international threats. Obviously, that hasn’t come to pass. There’s little doubt that congressional Democrats who’ve attacked Trump’s every move in this Iran war would be praising a Democrat president who had the foresight and courage to do…
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Colorado’s business confidence dips amid Iran war
Business confidence in Colorado — which has already been negative over the last year — slipped ahead of the second quarter of the year, a new report found. The Leeds Business Confidence Index, a measurement of how business leaders across Colorado feel about the future of the national and state economy, fell by one point…
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‘No Kings 3’ draws large crowds throughout El Paso County
By Eric Young and Mary Shinn The Gazette Large crowds gathered throughout Colorado on Saturday to oppose the Trump administration, with separate demonstrations occurring in Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs and Monument in El Paso County. As with previous “No Kings” protests, thousands of people from a variety of ages and backgrounds assembled — with some…
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Why the United States must win the Iran war | Mike Rosen
Obviously, the outcome of the war with Iran remains to be seen. The best outcome is a US military victory followed by regime change freeing Iranians from the tyranny of their government. With that may come a more peaceful and stable Middle East removing the existential danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of religious fanatics who have plagued the region for the last 47 years. In 1979, a revolution deposed an oppressive unpopular monarch, the Shah of Iran who, at least, was a pro-western modernist. It brought Ayatollah Khomeini to absolute power as Iran’s Supreme Leader. Protected by…
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LETTERS: Make operational adjustments; manifest selfishness
Significant operational adjustments We hear and notice regularly the slow mail service, postage increases, lack of quantity and importance of our regular daily mail. Many people are turning to other means of communicating. All of these issues seem to relate to the huge budget issues faced by the Postal Service. It may be time for…
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Colorado revenue forecast worsens, pushing budget shortfall to nearly $1.5B
The latest revenue forecasts from economists at the state Capitol show that the state’s budget predicament has worsened — by hundreds of millions of dollars more. That, in turn, means cuts programs and services in next year’s fiscal budget will go much deeper. The state’s fiscal predicament also means no refunds for Colorado residents. Economists…
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LETTERS: Subsidizing homelessness; “I just had a feeling”
Stop subsidizing homelessness Homelessness is a misnomer. These street people are bums and vagrants who are spongeing off of the working class. The only way to reduce homelessness is to stop subsidizing it. The state of California spends $billions on the problem of homelessness. While the state has about 13% of the total population of…
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Is Trump a builder or just a latter-day headhunter?
It was well under 100 hours after President Donald Trump’s overly long, overly theatrical State of the Union speech that he unleashed American bombers across Iran. As I write, it is now less than 100 hours since those bombers started releasing their lethal payloads. Who knows what the next 100 hours will bring? It is hard to keep us these days. In…
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Pentagon identifies first U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war
WASHINGTON • The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran as the Trump administration warned the intensifying conflict would lead to more American casualties. Among six U.S. military deaths so far, the four soldiers were members of an Iowa unit of the U.S. Army Reserve.…