Readers respond to Question of the Week:

Was Iran bombing right U.S. strategy?

Peace through strength

Trump means what he says. He backs his words with action. China, Russia, North Korea certainly will take notice. The 12-day war between Iran and Israel is hopefully over with Iran’s nuclear ambitions much delayed and her missile and air defense vastly diminished.

President Trump is off to NATO to convince them to increase their military budget to 5% with his hand strengthened by his use of force. The War Powers Act is a phony issue certainly not brought up for actions by Obama, Clinton, Bush or Bush.

Thank God we now have a competent assertive judicious President Trump.

— Burton Roseman, Van Nuys

Yes, if you believe the past is prologue

The Ayatollah and crew were not going to give up their nuclear capabilities. Had they gotten nuclear warheads they could put on ballistic missiles they could have taken out NYC and D.C. If they teamed up with Jong-Un, he could take out San Francisco and L.A. The problem is the Islamic mindset is completely different from the Western mindset. They’re speaking from their operations manual the Koran and we speak from our operations manual the Constitution. The lingua franca they understand is force. Obama’s community organizer approach was a dismal failure. Israel has been doing the heavy lifting for the West. As Sun-Tsu said, “Know thy enemy.” Feelings and good will are no substitutes for reality.

— Mary Emily Smiley, Lawndale

Does death to America ring a bell?

Iran says they are only enriching uranium for domestic purposes yet their centrifuges are buried 300 feet underground. They have 900 pounds of 60% grade uranium. Domestic use uranium is about 3%. You have a nuclear bomb when uranium is enriched to 90%. Should we wait around for the inevitable?

They are a theocratic regime who have stated many times they want to destroy Israel and America. They cannot be trusted. As of this writing there is a cease fire but Iran has no desire to negotiate. That is not encouraging. They can never have a nuclear bomb! Peace through strength.

— Robert David, Redondo Beach