Letter: The Doomsday Clock is ticking faster

The Doomsday Clock – the clock symbolizing the likelihood that humans will destroy themselves – was recently adjusted to 2 minutes to midnight, the closest to doom ever registered. President Donald Trump has removed Lt. General H.R. McMaster, a moderate, as national security adviser and has replaced him with former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, an extremely hawkish neo-conservative. Should the Doomsday Clock now be adjusted to 1 minute to midnight?

Bolton really, really wants to bomb Iran and has suggested that Israel should unleash nuclear weapons against that predominantly Shiite nation. Bolton also maintains that military force is the chief option for countering the North Korean…