Dear Mr. Trump,

It looks like you’re trying as hard as you know how to get us into a war with Iran.

When you walked away from the nuclear accord with Iran – anything to spite President Obama – you had no plausible plan of what to do next. Imposing sanctions and talking like a tough guy might make you think you’re smart – after all, you call yourself a “stable genius” – but you had then and have now no realistic end game other than starting a military conflict.

You might blame Iran for provocative actions, but did you really expect that this religious dictatorship would, upon your breaching an international agreement, do whatever you wanted? Because you’re a “stable genius”?

I know you don’t believe in the solemnity of contracts. That’s why your companies always promised one thing and then cheated the small businesses that contracted with them.

But a country who negotiates at length with the United States and its allies and settles on an agreement that could delay for at least 10 years (under international monitoring) its accumulation of nuclear fuel for weapons doesn’t deserve to have that agreement shattered on your ignorant say-so. Now Iran is marching ahead and developing its nuclear weapons, thanks to you. Now Iran is showing that you seriously misjudged the effect on if of additional sanctions. You’ve only made them a worse enemy of the United States than they were before.

You expect Iran’s leaders to meet with you? That’s so absurd, and they’ve told you so. Why meet with someone as untrustworthy as you’ve proven to be?

You’ve pushed us toward war. Americans will die because of your stupidity, Mr. “Stable Genius.”

Very truly yours,

Bruce J. Berger