Letter of the Day

Preventing genocide is a noble cause, but Brian Duffy's May 2 political cartoon was in error. The Armenian genocide in 1915 came before the Holocaust. It is worthy of note that few know about the Armenians. In fact, our ally Turkey continues to officially deny that genocide ever occurred.

In addition, the United States entered World War II because of the Japanese attack, not because of the Holocaust. Hitler declared war on us.

History tells us that our government acts long after the fact, and it would be a denial of our history to think otherwise.

- Leonard V. Larsen, Ames.

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