Letters to the Poughkeepsie Journal

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

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Trump's lack of accountability falls short on the world's stage

During the month of August, three measurable events came forth from the Trump administration: A new chief of staff, General John F. Kelly; Charlottesville, Virginia, a presidential normalizing or "consummation" of White supremacy; and a new Afghanistan altar for American lives. …

Chuck Cooper
Hopewell Junction

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U.S. condemns racist violence at home, but supports it in the Middle East

Our two top allies in the Middle East are radical theocracies. One is run by the Koran and one by the Old Testament. Non-believers don't make out so well in either country. If you happen to be an uppity Shia in Saudi Arabia, you just might get your head chopped off, or have your Shia cousins in Yemen bombed back to the stone age. If you are a Palestinian in Israel and the occupied territories, you have probably been imprisoned at an early age, denied the most basic of human rights, and treated like a captive in your own land. Shia lives don't matter in Saudi Arabia; Palestinian lives don't matter in Israel. …

Fred Nagel
Rhinebeck

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Rotary Club working with other groups to create youth projects

I am the chairman of the Poughkeepsie Arlington Rotary Club committee researching ways in which the huge worldwide Rotary Foundation might develop youth assistance programs in this area. The Rotary Foundation operates and finances many global programs throughout the world such as its highly successful polio eradication project in Asia in conjunction with the Gates Foundation. …

Bernard Handel
Poughkeepsie

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Hurricane Harvey brings country together to help victims

Despite the travesty of Hurricane Harvey, it has been heartening to see how agencies and citizens have pulled together to help each other. It would be true anywhere in this diverse and beautiful country. …

Nancy Keenan-Rich
Poughkeepsie

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