Biden wants to rewrite the history books on the shameful withdrawal of the U.S. from Afghanistan.  A brief document created by the his administration’s National Security Council with input from Biden himself is quick to blame President Trump.  Biden owns the botched withdrawal.  He left $80 billion worth of weapons, ammunition, and vehicles behind.  Our troops left the Bagram Air Base in the middle of the night without telling our Afghan allies.  President Trump had left a detailed plan for an orderly withdrawal with specific criteria  that the Taliban had to adhere to or the withdrawal would stop.  This plan was thrown out by Biden.  Former Marine Sgt. Vargas-Andrews spoke at a congressional hearing on the withdrawal and said, it was a “catastrophe” and an “inexcusable lack of accountability.” Biden’s blame game is Joe’s weapon of choice.  I’m tired of it.

Donald Houghton

Quincy

There is an urgent need to develop new means to protect our students and staff from the ongoing deadly active shooter incidents inside educational facilities. We need to form a federal commission made up of legislators and highly qualified life safety professionals to study and then implement any and all safeguards that will either deter or terminate a school shooting incident from occurring.

The task is daunting as there are over 300 million firearms in the U.S. Their goal should be to revoke the sales of automatic weapons, provide mental health assistance for those who manifest homicidal tenancies, provide funds for metal detectors and automatic locking steel doors with bullet proof glazing activated by sound of gunfire or other means.

There are many more safeguards that will need to be explored both active and passive. Our students and staff deserve these protections in place now.

Bob Sweeney

Warwick, RI

It’s time for our lawmakers to take serious steps to close loopholes in the laws that allow people with mental health issues like the shooter in Tennessee who was undergoing treatment for mental health issues but  was still able to legally buy weapons from five different locations. And the hell with what the NRA and the gun companies who have the politicians in their pockets think. There is no reason why anyone but law enforcement officials and the military need to have AK47s and other such weapons designed for one reason – to kill as many people in the fastest way possible

Paul J. Baranofsky

Waltham

Advice for Erica Faginski-Stark, who has been offered the position of superintendent of schools in Easthampton after the offer to Vito Perrone was rescinded because of his use of the term “ladies.” Be very careful how you address the males on the school committee. If the word “ladies” is a microaggression, then I presume the word “gentlemen” is too. “Guys” is too informal. May I suggest “dudes?”

Peter Bochner

Wayland