The firings of prime navy officers aren’t making us any safer

To the editor: Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse fired by Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth — simply one other story in regards to the Trump administration’s marketing campaign to make issues proper and proper with our navy, proper (“Hegseth fires basic whose company’s intel report on strikes in Iran angered Trump,” Aug. 23)?

Mistaken. It’s a large deal as a result of it’s a purge that seemingly has no finish. From February of this yr as much as the current, from Adm. Lisa Franchetti to Kruse, the Trump regime has been aggressively firing prime navy officers. This contains, notably, Air Power Gen. CQ Brown Jr., who had 40 years of service. The administration has tossed numerous a long time’ value of service and experience into the trash bin, all based mostly on manufactured excuses.

So one has to marvel — are we actually safer at present with President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Home Speaker Mike Johnson and Hegseth on the helm?

Richard Lewis, Ventura

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To the editor: I can not consider a higher hazard to our nation’s protection than a wannabe-warrior president and his sycophants, who hearth prime generals and admirals — individuals who have labored their means as much as critically essential posts requiring intelligence and expertise — to be able to change them with officers who will really feel they need to please each whim of this erratic and poorly knowledgeable commander in chief.

Mort Tuchin, Poway, Calif.

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To the editor: In Trump’s cartoonish presidency, Hegseth firing Kruse is like Mickey Mouse firing Walt Disney.

Richard Parr, Santa Monica