Tuesday, August 8, 2017

ERITREA? REALLY?


8 August, 2017

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,
101 Main Street #380
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Dear Congressman,

Re: Eritrea? Really?

You do come up with some odd ideas. I read just now, in Newsweek, that you introduced an amendment to the US Department of Defense budget calling for the US to “re-establish military ties with Eritrea, an international pariah that has been accused of sponsoring Al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Somalia.”

The amendment was rejected by your colleagues, of course, but it seems you are intent on “not giving up the cause.” You plan, it seems, “to pursue it as a future amendment or standalone bill.”

I’m wondering why you choose these strangest of friends—Vladimir Putin’s Russia? And now Eritrea, “a mutant copy of North Korea”? A notorious human rights abuser and purchaser of military equipment from Kim Jong-Un? And you, an Orange County right-wing conservative? A self-proclaimed patriot?

I wonder, do you share this kind of information openly with your constituents? Or do they have to ferret it out from other news sources, as I did this morning? I think you’ll find most voters disagree both with your choice of friends, and with your abuse of your/our congressional time with such wild-eyed absurdities. They deserve to be kept informed.

Not so respectfully today, I fear,



Peter Clothier, Ph.D.

No comments:

Post a Comment

SPEAK OUT!

June 9, 2018 Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, 101 Main Street #380 Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Dear Congressman, You may be surprise...