Letter: Trump went to war for all wrong reasons

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Editor,

My husband and I attended No Kings in Oak Harbor because we see our nation’s democracy threatened by its current president, cabinet and advisors. We do not want this city’s Navy force sent off to fight a war. Trump said that he never would start a war. This is his eighth military assault. That’s eight too many.

Recently. Trump declared 2,000 U.S. troops would be sent to Iran. Now it’s 50,000! For our Navy base here, the sailors and their families and loved ones, we pray that you do not go to war. The war in Iran is about oil, manipulating the markets and Netanyahu’s venomous hatred toward Muslims and his lifelong mission to destabilize the Middle East. Trump and Hegseth bombed the Iranian primary school full of girls. The United Nations’ High Commissioner on Human Rights, Volker Turk, declared that was a war crime. The Hague will take the case.

Netanyahu declared he won’t send his own troops on the ground into Iran. So why should U.S. troops go? No one from NATO or EU nations are going to send troops. Trump never informed our once-allies about this plan. We are left to deal with what he wrongly started. Will Trump send troops to Kharg Island to defend and protect oil? That will not be a two-to-three week action. Oak Harbor has too many great people in our Navy force. The last thing we want is seeing them sent to this eight irresponsible war. Trump also has the nuclear button.

Ardith Bell-Bshara

Oak Harbor