George Rebane

Large trucks marked with the Red Crescent and filled with stuff bought and paid for through the American Red Cross are allowed to enter Iran in order to provide relief for the country’s civilian population.  Many of those Iranians, held in eternal ignorance, now spend their days in regime approved street demonstrations shouting ‘Death to America’ etc.  These same ignorant zealots believe that it is their government and its Islamic allies that are providing the needed supplies.  The proper way to distribute American aid and benefit America is to deliver the aid in clearly marked trucks and parcels stating the source of the provided relief, or not at all.  The current method strengthens the country’s murderous regime in the eyes of its citizens.

Relief and joy for the safe return of Artemis 2 is shared among all Americans who promote our international hegemony.  Our anti-American contingent would have wanted the monies spent on buying more Reconquista votes and promoting amnesty for illegal aliens.  My only nit about the mission was the obviously disorganized affair after splashdown to get the astronauts out and into the raft for helicopter pick-up.  Comic relief was provided by the melee of boats surrounding the Integrity capsule, one of which spent almost half an hour trying to get connected to the spacecraft.  Why no one was able to immediately just hook a line to a provided hard-point and keep the Z-boat tethered to Integrity remains a mystery.