To the Editor:

Re “Trump Approves Strikes Against Iran but Delays Carrying Out the Attack” (front page, June 21):

Per his latest tweet, President Trump now says he called off an impending strike on Iranian targets because of a last-minute concern for the kill count (an estimated 150). Really?

This man with grave humanitarian concern? Have we not witnessed, by word and deed, his repeated disregard for the welfare of others around the globe, his depraved indifference no more stark than at our southern borders. His a compassionate heart? Never.

No, the truth is that Mr. Trump faces a dilemma of his own making by withdrawing from the nuclear deal without a breach by Iran and placing ever greater economic sanctions. He is now forced to deal with a possibility he has long argued vociferously against: putting this nation into yet another foreign conflict in the region.

Want to see the measure of this president? Stay tuned. But restraint motivated by concern for innocent Iranians? Give me a break.