Echo opinion - Iran saber rattling in an election year: "Ya think?"

Why? Donald Trump will do anything to take Russia- massive tax losses-immigrants living in cages- hush money-lies-more lies-Access Hollywood, etc., out of the media.  Is threatening Iran a diversion, ya think? 

Echo opinion published in The New York Times.

USS Abraham Lincoln: WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is rushing additional military muscle, including B-52 bombers, to the Middle East to counter Iranian threats, the Pentagon announced Tuesday.

In this April 1, 2019, file photo, the USS Abraham Lincoln deploys from Naval Station Norfolk, in the vicinity of Norfolk, Va. The White House said Sunday, May 5, that the U.S. is deploying military resources to send a message to Iran. White House national security adviser John Bolton said in a statement that the U.S. is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region, an area that includes the Middle East. (Kaitlin McKeown/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File) (Photo: Kaitlin McKeown, AP)

The New York Times echo opinion letter:  Why go hard after Iran right now? Does Iran or one of its proxies in the Middle East pose a real threat to American interests? Or, perhaps, the real reason is that next year is an election year?

In 2003, another Republican administration facing a tough re-election made a case for Iraq having weapons of mass destruction. Americans feel patriotic when there is a war. They tend to back a current president over a challenger in wartime. Ergo, goodbye Saddam.

Sending an aircraft carrier group to threaten retaliation against any Iranian-sponsored aggression, real or imagined, is no slam-dunk foreign policy decision. Rather, it is a cynical re-election ploy with no regard for cost in American blood. Shame!

John M. Dederer from Stratford, Connecticut

The writer is a member of Disabled American Veterans.