Stand for country — against its worst impulses

Glen Cove, L.I.: How dare Voicer John Procida compare World War II to the war we are waging against Iran. The most obvious difference between the two is that in one, we were attacked by Japan, and a few days later Germany declared war on the U.S.A. In that conflict, we were the clear victim. Today, we are the aggressor.

He then states that nobody had to explain or apologize because it was understandable. The reason it was understandable, Mr. Procida, is because President Franklin D. Roosevelt went before Congress and the American people to explain why we were fighting. Then filmmaker Frank Capra produced a series of films called “Why We Fight,” explaining in great detail the reasons for the war. In contrast, we get a different reason every day for this war.

Finally, Procida asks, “Where did the real Americans go?” Well, Mr. Procida, we are here. Real Americans ask questions such as “why?” when it comes to issues like war, as we did to protest the Vietnam War in the 1960s. We are not sheep. We will not blindly follow a pathological liar who can’t give us a coherent reason for fighting and killing. People like Procida and his ilk don’t have a clue what being a real American is. Blindly following a leader without a moral compass would probably have most of the Greatest Generation turning in their graves. Alan Rosengarten

Said it all

Manhattan: Bramhall gets it again ($200 billion, “A small price to pay for getting Epstein off the front page,” March 22). There’s nothing like someone saying out loud what we’re all thinking, especially when Donald Trump doesn’t understand what it means that the war-pumped cost of living is getting out of hand. The No Kings demonstrations across the country on March 28 will be historically huge and a profoundly clear message to Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries that they must get their caucuses to pass the War Powers Act. Trump’s personal war must end. Grant McKeown

Unplug from the pump

Brooklyn: With the price of gasoline approaching $4 a gallon and probably higher, there is a way to mitigate the proverbial pain at the pump. That is, get rid of the low-gas-mileage cars and SUVs and consider purchasing an EV or a hybrid vehicle. EV’s today are saving between 1.7 and 2.3 million barrels of oil per day. Hopefully, each state can offer some sort of tax incentive to help facilitate this purchase since Trump eliminated the federal subsidies. Getting off oil and its byproduct gasoline will be your personal Liberation Day while being part of the solution to climate change. Irwin Cantos

High-risk resource

Long Island City: I think the notion that sticking to the climate law will suddenly hit us with a price shock, as you editorialize (“High energy,” editorial, March 22), is Gov. Hochul’s story and she’s sticking to it. The price shock we’re experiencing, on top of the preexisting price volatility of fossil fuels and constant infrastructure construction costs we pay in our delivery charges, is the U.S.-Israel war that has engulfed the Middle East, destroying vast amounts of the fossil fuel industry there, and allowing Iran to tactically bottle up a key chokepoint. There should be no better indication to Hochul that implementing the climate law she’s been delaying from the get-go is the smarter long-term investment for New York and New Yorkers. We need to reject fossil fuels as fast as we can rather than continue to invest in them. Grace Mok

Checks all the boxes

Woodstock, N.Y.: To Voicer Drew Oringer: You just described Diaper Donnie to a T! Tantrum-throwing? Check. Shutting down the government? Check. Revenge-tweeting when he should be reading daily briefings on what’s actually going on beyond his ballroom renovations? Check! Suzanne Hayes-Kelly

Partisan payroll

Massapequa, L.I.: If the Department of Homeland Security funds ICE and TSA, why can’t it pay TSA and not ICE during this shutdown? Oh, wait — if they did that, it would not cause the major inconveniences to all the people flying due to TSA agents not showing up for work because they’re not getting paid. I don’t blame them. Our elected officials wouldn’t work without pay. If ICE agents didn’t show up for work, nobody would care or miss them. This is just political warfare by the felon in chief to get his way and divide this great country further. John Reed

Agents out of place

Bronx: This idiotic decision to send ICE agents to the airports is another foolish idea from the Trump administration. What in the world are these agents going there for? To stand around collecting a paycheck when the ones who deserve the money are TSA agents who know what the job entails? What do you think is going to happen when an ICE agent asks a TSA agent for instructions? The last thing the TSA agent wants to do is help an ICE agent in any way. They might not even tell them where the bathrooms are. David Gonzalez

Death before dishonor

Tarrytown, N.Y.: Robert Mueller, the Vietnam Marine vet who earned a Bronze Star with Valor and a Purple Heart in combat, died March 20 at 81 after 50 years of selfless public service, including steering the FBI through 9/11 under two presidents. Trump’s instant reaction on Truth Social? “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” The sitting president publicly danced on the grave of a decorated war hero whose report catalogued 10 instances of potential obstruction of justice by Trump — something Trump has never forgiven. Now 130 subpoenas hammer anyone who ever probed him, while half of the Epstein files stay conveniently buried. Remember “suckers and losers”? Add this to the pile. This is who the vindictive grifter really is: a small, spiteful man who celebrates when better Americans die. Stephen Talenti

Wicked words

Denver: I am struck by the cruelty of Trump’s recent words regarding the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller: “Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!” For a president to cast such ungodly stones at a deceased public servant is staggering. Rest in peace, Capt. Bob Mueller — a decorated Vietnam veteran and a true servant of the United States. Mike Sawyer

Binary biology

Elmhurst: To all so-called progressive democratic socialist Voicers, I submit the following: Calling a tall bush a tree does not make it so. No matter how the bush is pruned, it will never be a tree. For this reason, there is no such thing as a “trans” tree. For the same reason, there is no such thing as a “trans” gender. Thank you for your attention to this matter. James League