Lincoln would be incensed at the invasion of our southern border by illegal migrants. Lincoln would pledge to get rid of the sex slave traffic - a primary winner.Ī president’s responsibility is to protect our sovereign country and rights of its citizens. is the largest consumer of those trafficked. As an avowed abolitionist, Lincoln would be appalled at human trafficking for sex and work slaves in the U.S. If the United States had any moral authority regarding the use of cluster munitions, it would have eliminated its massive stockpile years ago.ĮDITOR: Bill Wertzberger claimed Abraham Lincoln “could not make it through a Republican primary” (“Lincoln and today’s GOP,” Letters, July 6). used cluster munitions as recently as the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Cluster bombs were added to the arsenal during the Vietnam War, and tens of thousands were dropped on Southeast Asia. started using napalm during World War II, but its true horrors were not revealed to the world until Vietnam. The extensive use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War still plagues civilians and war veterans. The United States relinquished the moral high ground in warfare with the fire bombings of Dresden and Tokyo, followed by dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. is a principled player in the use of weapons of war is to ignore history. This treaty outlaws the production, possession and use of these indiscriminate killers. EDITOR: I agree with your July 12 editorial’s premise that the United States should be a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions signed by 123 other countries (“Cluster bombs are a step too far”).

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