LETTERS

Are our leaders afraid to lead?

Posted 7/30/15

To the Editor:

Do Warwick Beacon readers have any idea of what is happening the Middle East?

Have you heard one peep from Congressman Langevin or Senators Reed and Whitehouse on the Middle East …

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LETTERS

Are our leaders afraid to lead?

Posted

To the Editor:

Do Warwick Beacon readers have any idea of what is happening the Middle East?

Have you heard one peep from Congressman Langevin or Senators Reed and Whitehouse on the Middle East turmoil and U.S. policy?

Why are we supporting the incessant Saudi bombing of Yemen by supplying the Saudis with the weapons, bombs and intelligence that has the killed thousands of innocents and destroyed their entire infrastructure?

Why are we now cozying up to al-Qaeda in Syria and supporting groups who were formerly labeled as “terrorist” groups?

I am sure most readers do not have a clue as to what we are doing and why we are doing it. Once again, I call upon our so-called “leaders” to enlighten us. Where is Representative Cicilline and Senators Reed and Whitehouse on these issues? Nothing but silence from them, and I find their silence deafening.

Shouldn’t “leaders” be holding town meetings with voters to explain the happenings and to answer the many questions voters may have? I call upon our congressional delegation to be “leaders” and come to us in town meetings with an explanation. Don’t be afraid, we won’t bite. Show us some leadership and courage, for a change.

Joseph Clifford

Jamestown

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  • georgecarver

    Mr. Clifford. Seems you crave information and involvement opportunities as do I.

    We really don't seem to learn that much from our past dealings with "good" rebels etc. We outfitted Bin Laden against Russia,(we all know what happened there) we outfitted the FSA (Syrian freedom fighters) who took the money, broke from the FSA and merged in and financed a good chunk of the fledgling ISIS to give them a jump start. Hopefully Taliban and Hamas will dismantle ISIS should they continue their push.

    In other countries, people are allowed to vote on many issues using a passcode and a new communications device called the internet. Certainly not all issues but at least they are leveraging secure technology to have a say rather than using the 300+ year old taxpayer to government model (some guy or gal doing our bidding for us) that we currently do.

    Hang in there!

    Thursday, July 30, 2015 Report this

  • davebarry109

    If the writer is looking for the likes of Whitebread and Reed to lead, he will die a lonely death.

    Friday, July 31, 2015 Report this

  • falina

    When has Whitehouse or Langevin ever LED? Or done anything for that matter?

    Thursday, August 6, 2015 Report this