Is it bleeding heart liberals or moral patriots objecting to boat strikes? (Letters)

Military at its best when it demonstrates strong moral values Re Second-strike scrutiny obscures larger question on boat strikes Dec news analysis Almost all war crimes are executed by personnel well below the top of the command structure War crime prevention usually requires almost instantaneous moral action Waiting for appeals up the command chain will almost assuredly be hopelessly too late to stop atrocities such as the Vietnam My Lai massacre It is crucial in both military and civilian organizations for personnel to refuse illegal orders forcefully and this instant Rep Jason Crow Sen Mark Kelly and others who have courageously spoken to defend resistance to illegal orders are moral patriots Our military perhaps the best in the world is stronger when it disseminates strong moral values to personnel and inhibits blind obedience to illegal orders so often identified in dictatorships Ronald L Puening Centennial Bleeding heart liberals prove weak on American safety Re Death for handlers freedom for kingpins Hegseth and the Department of War crimes prove Jason Crow right Dec commentary All of this uproar about air strikes on speedboats laden with lethal drugs racing towards our shores to kill tens of thousands of Americans is just another episode where bleeding heart liberals put those who want to do America harm above those who seek to protect American lives aka President Donald Trump and the Department of War They cry about the flood of guns into our cities yet are perfectly fine with handlers ferreting deadly drugs to our shores Where were the cries about war crimes when Obama dropped bombs on a wedding in Yemen Trump likes results Democrats want chaos This can all be summed up by what Pete Hegseth reported when petitioned about continuing strikes on drug-laden speedboats racing towards our shores Strikes will continue if they can find any more boats It s hard to find boats to strike right now The drug kingpins got the message loud and clear Scotty Gardner Aurora Rep Crow deserves apologies and gratitude Re Crow should be charged with treason Dec letter to the editor The letter writer owes Rep Jason Crow a sincere apology for her five-paragraph fact-free vitriolic personal attack and you owe him an apology for printing it While the writer feels there have been no illegal orders given killing civilians and ensuring there are no survivors all without proof of the military s justification of drug smuggling certainly seems illegal We are not at war with Venezuela Their civilians did not fire on our military Killing civilians under these circumstances is murder not a war crime Murder is still illegal isn t it no matter how much people like the letter writer attempt to deflect and place blame elsewhere Nicolett Darling Kersey Try as I might to completely ignore outrageous letters that appear in The Post I cannot allow the letter to go unanswered Treason may be punishable by the death penalty Congressman Jason Crow is a hero and a patriot He risked his life during tours of duty as an Army Ranger and paratrooper He courageously helped his fellow representatives escape to safety during the Jan insurrection He was elected to Congress with of the vote in a previously Republican district A treason conviction means he could be put to death for saying out loud that our men and women in the armed forces should refuse to follow illegal orders Calling for such a conviction takes shame to a new level Richard Strauss Centennial Re Democrats video did the military a disservice Dec commentary An thought-provoking contrast of opinions in last Sunday s Perspective section Ted Diadiun s op-ed chided the Democrats political strategy when they published with additional commentary a video of their members of Congress advising military personnel that they must not obey illegal orders Yet Diadiun did affirm that their advice was in fact spot-on A letter writer asserted that the Democrats advice that the military obey the law was certainly suggesting that they violate the chain of command the U S Constitution and their military oath So whom are we to believe On one hand the members of Congress with military and intelligence experience and a columnist whose article demonstrated his non-partisan outlook or on the other hand a letter writer drawing the opposite conclusion from the same set of facts I think that The Post printed the letter only to try to uphold a journalistic mandate to represent all points of view regardless of how ridiculous specific of them may be David Wolf Lakewood People wait at Denver International Airport on November Michael Ciaglo Getty Images Attention all passengers It s too loud in the airport Re DIA seeks to lower noise across airport Dec news story In we traveled through Hong Kong s new airport The first thing we noticed when entering was the peaceful silence At the check-in counter there was a sign informing the traveler of how long it took the average person to walk to their gate The noise level in the whole airport was truly more like a library Thus if there was an announcement made people listened because it was truly critical Kudos to Denver International Airport for definitively realizing the obvious the more noise the more announcements the more passengers will try to tune out the noise Already numerous are using earbuds to lower the noise level for themselves Perhaps the airlines can collectively find a way to convince TSA that less is better The constant nag over the loudspeakers is about as effective as a parent nagging a teenager One challenge will be to encourage seniors like me to feel content using our phones for airport information but that would be a good thing because we don t understand half of what comes over the cloud speakers anyway Thanks in advance DIA A Lynn Buschhoff Denver RTD is making real improvements Re Safety an issue on buses trains Dec news story In a -year period from January until July I was without a car and an Eco Pass from my employer and the convenience of RTD buses and light rail made my life much easier In the earlier days after the pandemic ended I witnessed a lot of drug abuse on the light rail However RTD stepped up to the plate and made the needed changes First by hiring plenty of more safeguard officers to place on the trains and to patrol stations with elevators the drug users virtually disappeared Second when I use the light rail I go to the Sheridan Station for the W line When the elevator stops on a floor the door stays open until the elevator is used again This keeps the elevator from being used as a shelter Keep up the good work RTD Mike Filion Lakewood RTD should rethink BRT plans for Colorado Boulevard You have to sympathize with RTD Ridership is down more than and not even adding a burgeoning precaution force to deal with drug users vagrants and troublemakers who are prevalent on buses and trains at a cost of million can make up for it But RTD thinks that if more people decide to ride the buses safety in numbers will make things better And so will Bus Rapid Transit BRT which has devastated businesses on East Colfax and the greater part likely will upshot in RTD s unsavory passengers getting from place to place faster Maybe it s time for RTD to reassess the wisdom on doing BRT on Colorado Boulevard Doesn t it make sense to see if BRT achieves its desired effect on Colfax and whether RTD can solve its ridership challenges before engaging in another massive project that seems to have so little chance of success and will create so much hardship for Colorado Boulevard businesses Dan Danbom Denver Call penalties on the coaches Re Protect high school athletes and focus on coaches Dec editorial You hit the nail on the head Coaches should be held accountable and punitive measures should be taken when evidence of cheating is proven This is a step in protecting the have-nots from the elitist those above the law Kent Morgan Big Timber Mont Mansion feature tone-deaf to society s troubles Re Welcome to Pondbank Dec feature story It s amazing to me that there are people so narcissistic and out of touch as to write a book bragging about their tacky multi-million dollar mansion As if that isn t offensive enough imagine the chutzpah it takes to then further brag in an ego-stroking newspaper article with no news value It s shameful to see an article like this in The Denver Post when the majority of Denver residents are struggling just to afford housing and basic necessities Let the one percenters stroke their ego somewhere else and focus on the news please Jeremiah LaRocco Boulder Choosing the right path Last night I had the strangest dream I was at a roundabout and there were four different exits I could choose I woke up this morning and thought maybe I m losing my mind Then it hit me I have four different solutions that I can handle the current state of affairs in our country Related Articles A Democratic reset can start with ousting Hickenlooper Letters Where is Trump s concern for conditions in federal detention centers Letters Pete Hegseth should be court-martialed and Jason Crow tried for treason Letters a minute for airport parking Denver officers need to address this flaw Letters NREL drops renewable strength in bow to Trump s new state Orwellian newspeak Letters I could choose not to read the news or listen to news channels bury my head in the sand and not see the horrors going on in our country I could accept that even if I chose to read and listen to the news I could try and block out the hardships and hatred happening I could open my mind and heart and hope that change would be coming soon just wait for things to get better I could reach a helping hand to those in need help to provide food reach out to organizations working to help with housing and utilities Be a helping hand and fight back against hatred and prejudice Be a voice for everyday hardworking Americans The greater part Americans are descendants of immigrants Why do so multiple turn their back on what is happening Too countless people do not have a home a place to call their own food wellbeing care and someone speaking out for them We are much better than this Let s work together Nita Schissell Loveland Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns editorials and more To send a letter to the editor about this article submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail