Dear First Felon,
It’s you who is the dictator, not Zelenskyy.
Unlike you, Sir, he hasn’t violated the laws of his country to try to tear his country apart.
Unlike you, Sir, he hasn’t cozied up to his country’s enemies and said hateful things to his country’s friends.
Unlike you, Sir, he’s not a crook and a fraud.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon:
So, imagine this scenario: It’s the outbreak of WWII, and the Nazis have invaded Poland and murdered thousands of civilians. The Nazi Germany leader, Adolf Hitler, says he’s entitled to the land he’s grabbing and that the poor civilians he’s killing have just gotten themselves in the way.
FDR, the US president then, instead of condemning the Nazi brutality, blames Poland for having “gotten into” the war. FDR in fact begins “negotiations” with Hitler – which can only embolden Hitler, normalizing his conduct – and no representative of Poland is even allowed to be present at these “negotiations.”
This hypothetical presumably doesn’t sound outrageous to you, Sir, because it’s exactly your conduct with regard to Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
You should be so proud of yourself, Sir – becoming now the all-time enemy of the free world and of democracy.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon,
How clear it’s become where you stand on the issue of democracy vs. totalitarianism!
One of your deputy thugs – venomous Vance — insults our friends, champions Russia vs. Ukraine and the rest of Europe, and meets with the Nazi-based Alternative for Deutschland party instead of Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz.
Ronald Reagan is turning in his grave. This is a slap in the face to the US soldiers who gave their lives fighting Hitler’s regime. This is a clear invitation to Putin that he can march into the Baltic countries unopposed by the US and an invitation to China that it can take Taiwan whenever it wants.
But what do you care, sir?
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon,
It makes sense that you, a felon, would fire prosecutors whose careers have been devoted to rooting out corruption or force them to resign. What use would a felon – even one now allowed by the Supreme Court to act criminally as long as he is president – have for prosecutors who go after corrupt officials?
You are much more comfortable in a world where crime is encouraged and criminals are set free, to bribe, to solicit illegal contributions to their political campaigns, to defraud banks and other financial institutions, to prey on helpless consumers.
As a former attorney in the United States Department of Justice, I am sickened by your conduct. All right-thinking Americans, whatever their political party, are be sickened by your conduct.
Sir, I hope I live to see the day when those you have hired to violate US law on your behalf all languish in prison.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon,
Our enemies are happy, dancing in the streets, at the certainty that you are abandoning Ukraine.
You scold Ukraine for “getting into” this war with Russia. But Ukraine did not ask for war. Russia invaded Ukraine, a sovereign nation. Your friend, Putin, the dictator and murderer, has ordered mass bombing of civilian targets in his effort to demoralize the people of a democratic country, fighting for its life.
After Ukraine falls, watch Taiwan disappear. Then, you think it will be your turn to invade Panama.
Perhaps the salutation of my next open letter to you should be “Dear Thug.” Noun “a violent, aggressive person, especially one who is a criminal.”
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
“This above all, to refuse to be a victim. … withdrawing is no longer possible and the alternative is death.”
Surfacing, by Margaret Atwood
So — we must fight.
Dear First Felon,
So apparently, Sir, you like to “think outside the box.” That’s such a handy excuse to saying things that are completely loony.
As a responsible citizen, I feel I should suggest to you other “outside the box” ideas that have a better chance of happening then your idea for Gaza.
Specially, it would make sense for you to declare that the United States now owns Pluto. Yes, I agree that this planet is pretty far out there, but you could not only visit this new state with your close buddy Elon Musk (he would provide the transportation for both of you) but you could serve as a Senator and its Member of the House of Representatives, and I wouldn’t object if you wanted to call yourself its King.
That’s “outside the box,” yet definitely doable. Think of the resorts you could build! And the casinos!
Please let me know what you think.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon,
I would say your proposal to vanquish Palestinians from Gaza is crazy, except that likening your idea to the thinking of the mentally ill does a grave disservice to the latter.
How ironic that a fool who despises migrants and wants to use the US military to prevent them from “invading” the US has no problem sending two million Palestinians into exile, creating two million wandering souls that other countries would need to accept (except for the fact they don’t want to and never have).
I think, Sir, that those who call your proposal “ethnic cleansing” are on target. Indeed, your proposal is Hitlerian, despicable, a “final solution” for the 21st century.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
Dear First Felon,
You must realize that your appointment of RFK Jr. as head of HHS will lead to the unnecessary deaths of children whose parents decide not to vaccinate them.
So why, I wonder, do you want to bring back whooping cough, polio, measles, and smallpox, to name just a few of the diseases that are preventable via the use of vaccines? Is this part of your overall strategy to save money, the strategy premised on your statement that “maybe those kinds of people should just die”? Or is this part of your strategy to take cheap shots at the “radical left” doctors and public health officials who value science and life? Or both?
These are rhetorical questions. Everyone knows how you feel already: the only life you value is your own.
Very truly yours,
Bruce J. Berger
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