Letters to the Editor
Editor:
Again, I am asking the LW Weekly to stop printing inflammatory letters to the editor. Few people want to read rantings with no citations or basis in fact. Such is Earick Ward’s letter (April 4). Please clean up our newspaper to encourage thoughtful discussion.
Ann Gallagher Mutual 4 Editor:
As our House of Representatives takes what appears to be a monthly two-week break, the situation in Ukraine is getting desperate. Ammunition is running so low that some guns are silent for days while their crews wait for deliveries. This is an unconscionable response to genocide. Putin has repeatedly stated his intention to destroy everything Ukrainian. It is the definition of genocide. This isn’t just a fight over territory. There are people living there who are subjected to torture, murder and rape.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian children have been stolen to Russia. Putin says that Russia can’t be constrained by borders. He has come to believe that the West lacks the courage or the will to stop him. After Ukraine, he will continue attacking other former Soviet countries some of which are in NATO. Eventually, the US will be pulled into a war. We’ve seen from two world wars that isolationism doesn’t stop an ambitious dictator.
Ukraine is fighting for its survival, but it is also fighting for us. If they stop Russia’s advance, we will avoid a Russian war that could turn nuclear. They don’t ask us to fight for them, or even by their side. They just need a steady supply of modern weapons. Europe is stepping up to the challenge, but they can’t do it without the manufacturing might of the US.
Sage Collum Mutual 7
