‘Case for Glee at Reagan’s Comeuppance’

I fear our President has been wrongfully debased. At a time when our nation is facing terrible economioc competition from abroad, our President has discovered a product which is exportable. Japan certainly doesn’t want our cars and our computers. Our grain deal with Russia has soured. We need not mention the depressed oil economies of Texas and Oklahoma. Our nation is in a terrible debt situation, the worst in our nation’s history. But our President, in his Camp David wisdom, has discovered a commodity which can bemanufactured in the United States and be exported and sold with open arms. And we can be paid in hard cash. Iranians love our arms. Made in America. Better things for better living. Perhaps other nations will follow suit. Perhaps such continued sales could liquidate our national debt.

Guns don’t kill. People kill. What do we care what the Iranians do with the guns . . . and they pay the proper price for them. If they decide to short change us in any of their dealings, we can always withhold ammunition for their guns or spare parts. There’s a bonanza in the sale of spare parts.

To insure our economic success in the field, the President has wisely and shrewdly advised our allies not to do business with terrorists. This left our competitors out in the dark. Our President should be lauded for his business acumen.

When our President talks, we should listen closely through the din of the whirring helicopter motors warming. There was a time when E.F. Hutton talked and people in the market listened. They should now turn their ears to the White House.

Perhaps our National Security Council should be placed on the New York Stock Exchange.

MAX ROSE

Newbury Park