This letter is in response to the April 16 editorial “Beyond the Bluster — In the Middle of the War.”
I applaud the Washington Jewish Week for its realistic assessment of the Iran war. While we cannot definitively conclude that the United States or Iran is winning the military war, Iran is winning the political war. We do not need to hold a doctoral degree in international security to know that the Strait of Hormuz has always been regarded by Iran as a geopolitical choke point to control the flow of the world’s oil.
What is most concerning is the threat made by President Trump to bomb Iran “back to the Stone Age.” Instead of targeting Iran’s military or its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Trump’s bluster angered ordinary Iranians and diaspora communities, creating the impression that the goal was to commit genocide instead.
Barry Dwork, Alexandria
