The Issue: Iran agreeing to a two-week cease-fire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump<\/a> has once again shown his compassion for an oppressed population by allowing Iran to agree to a cease-fire in this war (\u201cDon\u2019s halt on Doomsday,\u201d <\/a>April 8).<\/p>\n The cease-fire must be dependent on the total cooperation of the Iranian government and military, and any violation of it should be a green light for the \u201cGreat Satan\u201d to destroy the Real Satan.<\/p>\n Bo Madden<\/p>\n Jupiter, Fla.<\/p>\n Iran can never be trusted with any deal. Let\u2019s hope the president sees through this so-called cease-fire. <\/p>\n I bet trouble starts again before the two weeks are up.<\/p>\n Mo Colarusso<\/p>\n Manhattan<\/p>\n I am so relieved that Trump lived up to his \u201cTACO\u201d moniker and didn\u2019t commit mass murder. <\/p>\n Like his last ultimatum, and the ones before it, he talks tough, then thankfully he pulls back.<\/p>\n And so we wait for the next ultimatum, possibly within two weeks. <\/p>\n That gives Congress, or the Cabinet, two weeks to depose this demented madman president. <\/p>\n This crazed narcissist should not represent our country or command our military forces.<\/p>\n Bruce Joffe<\/p>\n Piedmont, Calif.<\/p>\n Congratulations to the president for his unorthodox way of bringing what\u2019s left of the bludgeoned Iranian regime to the negotiating table. <\/p>\n It\u2019s clear that the severely depleted Iranian regime feels Trump isn\u2019t playing games with them.<\/p>\n Iran supposedly agreed to open the Strait of Hormuz, and the Dow Jones index soared. <\/p>\n And if the Iranians renege on the deal \u2014 which would be no shock to anyone \u2014 the US military is ready to resume crippling airstrikes.<\/p>\n Eugene Dunn<\/p>\n Glen Burnie, Md.<\/p>\n I fear it\u2019s a grave mistake to negotiate with Iran. <\/p>\n Even if an agreement is reached, what confidence do we have that Iran would ever abide by it?<\/p>\n And if negotiations fail, Iran has been granted breathing space to rebuild its depleted arsenal and acquire more drones to threaten the economically vital Strait of Hormuz. <\/p>\n If the war resumes it will only get harder to fight.<\/p>\n This war should have been pursued to the finish. <\/p>\n Backing off now has only stored up more trouble for the future.<\/p>\n Robert Frazer<\/p>\n Salford, United Kingdom<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The Issue: Investigations into an Air Canada jet\u2019s collision with a firetruck at LaGuardia Airport.<\/p>\n Even if the air-traffic controller for LaGuardia \u201cmessed up\u201d (though the system may have stuck him with more simultaneous tasks than any human could ever safely do), this collision still could \u2014 and should have \u2014 been prevented had the firetruck driver obeyed the rule I learned when I was six: Before you start to cross any street (or runway) look both ways (\u201cCrash \u2018call\u2019 query,\u201d<\/a> April 4).<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the firetruck driver\u2019s fault that the \u201csystem\u201d failed to equip the emergency vehicle with a crucial transponder. <\/p>\n But didn\u2019t he at least have his windows open and hear the sound of the landing plane?<\/p>\n Richard Siegelman<\/p>\n Plainview<\/p>\n Chronic shortages of air-traffic controllers at New York City, DC and other busy airports have recently caused two air disasters and numerous near misses. <\/p>\n Yet Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and a clueless Federal Aviation Administration show no interest or urgency in timely solutions.<\/p>\n They, often with the controllers union, ignore or oppose all short-term measures, including allowing fit controllers to work past mandatory retirement age without penalty, issuing work visas to experienced foreign controllers and increasing the maximum ages for training and retirement.<\/p>\n Paul Hudson<\/p>\n Washington DC<\/p>\n Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? 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