Dear Mr. Trump,
Many people I like and respect have come out in support of your presidential campaign, and they all make basically the same point: Trump is the least likely candidate to start World War 3. Just recently, Dr. Walter Block said so in as many words, and it’s not an argument that holds little weight in my mind. My major concern about it, however, is that I’m not at all confident it’s true. While I greatly appreciate many of the things you’ve said in the past, I cannot overlook the fact that much of it contradicts other things you’ve said. For example, your statement that Qaddaffi, as nutbar and sinister as he may have been, was keeping even worse people bottled up was obviously true. I admired the courage and honesty you showed in bringing that up and standing up against the horrible atrocities the Obama administration committed in Libya, but I notice that now you’re saying something quite different.
I understand how this game is played. You have to wobble around so you don’t scare off either the hawks or the doves, and that may be good strategy, but it won’t win you my support. If you want me to go along with Walter Block and Justin Raimondo and agree that you really are the one who won’t start World War 3, it’s going to take more than this. At the moment, I’m being asked to believe that the less-warlike statements were what you really believe, and that the hawkishness was just a cover meant to "seem presidential," but that makes no real sense to me; it could just as easily be that the hawkishness is the real Trump, and the dovish remarks were to pull in the anti-war wing of the Republican party (who obviously wouldn’t support horrible warmongers like John Kasich and Ted Cruz). If you want my support, you’ll have to convince me that you really aren’t in favor of endless war.
As I’ve mentioned before, I come in for criticism for being a "purist" or a "sectarian," someone who makes the perfect the enemy of the good. I would like to make it clear that I am not asking for perfection. I understand that you and I are going to have differences in any event, and, especially given just how serious an issue World War 3 really is, I’m willing to accept "good" — but I will not put my support behind evil, lesser or otherwise. I need something solid, though, to convince me. Here is the statement I want to see that would convert me into a Trump supporter:
In a Donald Trump administration, there will not be a war with Russia. There will not be a war with China. There will be no new wars in the middle-east, and the existing wars will be wound down.
A clear, succinct statement like that — I’d even be willing to soften my demands a bit and accept a weaselly phrase like "I would do everything in my power to prevent" — is exactly what I’m looking for. Right now, all I have to go on is vague statements about "getting along with Putin," and that won’t do it. Cut right to the chase and tell me straight up that president Trump will not start the war, and I’ll be willing to support you — since, as we both know, "Crooked" Hillary absolutely will.
I won’t back you if all I get is a maybe. Pledge to stop the wars — pledge absolutely — and I’m willing to consider it.