Dear Mr. Trump,

Really? You wanted to bring these Taliban terrorists to the United States and honor them with a stay at Camp David? And, you wanted to do this on the anniversary of 911, when the nation should instead mourn the horrible loss of life suffered at the hands of these terrorists in 2001?

This is poking a stick in the eye of all of us who mourn and remember.

It’s like inviting Hitler to come to the Warsaw Ghetto for a military parade.

It’s like inviting John Wilkes Booth to Abraham Lincoln’s funeral and giving him a seat of honor next to the casket.

It’s like inviting Charles Manson to a Sharon Tate memorial service.

It’s like telling Putin and the world that you trust Putin more than America’s own intelligence agencies – oh, wait a minute, you actually did that.

Aside from your gross, ignorant idea of this visit of terrorists to Camp David, you vastly overestimate your negotiating abilities. They are actually negotiating disabilities.

Look – your three summits with Kim produced nothing except that now the North Koreans are doing missile test almost every day. Now we’re no closer to a real deal than ever.

The fact is that you had no deal with the Taliban anyway. Keep them away from America. If you need to talk to them, send someone intelligent in your place, and have this meeting occur in a neutral zone, far from us.

If you need guidance about what to do, try to find someone on the White House staff with human decency.

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger