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Sound Off: June 12, 2026

Rocket trails from a barrage of incoming Iranian missiles are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. Iran attacked Israel with a limited number of ballistic missiles late Sunday after an Israeli attack on the outskirts of Beirut against Hezbollah, with Tel Aviv retaliating with strikes in central and western Iran early Monday.
Rocket trails from a barrage of incoming Iranian missiles are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. Iran attacked Israel with a limited number of ballistic missiles late Sunday after an Israeli attack on the outskirts of Beirut against Hezbollah, with Tel Aviv retaliating with strikes in central and western Iran early Monday. AFP via Getty Images

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Bombing or else

We bombed Iran to retaliate their attack on our Apache helicopter. Get your sons ready to go to war because we are almost at that point

It’s not Tuesday, is it?

It turns out TACOs aren’t just for Tuesday. President TACO showed his face again with his I’m-going-to-bomb-Iran-no-I’m-not silliness on Thursday.

Democrats

While campaigning in Iowa, Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear bragged about vetoing a bill to stop children from getting gender mutilation surgery. This is why Team Blue loses elections.

About those Nazis

Democrats spent years accusing Republicans of being Nazis - now their top candidate has a literal Nazi tattoo, and they are ignoring it.

Home insurance

Everyone has been giving us tips on hurricane preparedness, but the truth is that if you are not properly insured, you better pray your property is not damaged. There will little help from FEMA, and SBA loans tap out usually at $20,000. President Trump has said states should handle disasters.

Beer search

I can’t find any beer made with Southern pecan. What happened to this business?

Trump in NYC

Donald Trump did not attend the NBA Finals to root for the Knicks, seeing as how it is kind of hard to do if you are asleep. He went to cost New York a lot of money and to be a disruption, just because he could.

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