What’s so brave about sacrificing others?

Bronx: At the hearing held by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, and many times before that, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declared that only President Trump had the “courage” and the “guts” to direct the military to attack Iran — an action that every other man who served as commander in chief of the American armed forces during the past 47 years deemed highly inadvisable. Those presidents ruled out such an attack despite the seizure in 1979 of 52 American diplomats who were held hostage by Iranian student revolutionaries for 444 days in response to the U.S.’ grant of asylum to the shah of Iran, who was deposed when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini seized power.

We haven’t forgotten that Trump received five deferments from the military draft during the Vietnam War, the last one from a podiatrist who rented space from Trump’s father and, as has been widely reported, probably as a favor to his landlord declared that Trump had bone spurs in his heels, which made him unfit for service.

Obviously, Trump did not have the courage or the guts to serve in Vietnam. Is sending other people’s sons and daughters into war really evidence of courage? As of now, the president’s decision to declare war on Iran appears to be a catastrophic mistake rather than an act of bravery.

Manhattan: All hail our great leader Comrade Trump, who just defeated Iran for the sixth announced time this year. He’s well on his way to tying the recent 15-game winning streak of the Boston Red Sox. Have you noticed the similarity to his pal Comrade Putin’s handling of Ukraine? It’s led by former National Guard Major Pete........

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