Taking control

Dear Editor,

It looks like we do need fences, barriers to keep them out. They come in droves and they come individually. They destroy. They do damage. They take what they want, what we have lovingly nurtured and groomed.

We need a change in attitude among the few who dictate that “all are welcome.” The do-gooders'” policies vary somewhat. However, these policies have resulted in an over population of their kind in their safe havens and survival needs are being fulfilled with assaults on neighboring lands, crimes you or I would be arrested for doing, but not them. No, they have the run of the place. They come in like Trojan Horses. Welcome at first, you know “give me your tired, your poor,” but they have exceeded enough.

These intruders need to be rounded up. Send in governmental forces. We know where to look, around workplaces, schools, churches, and particularly in back yards. No need to match adults with offspring. Hold them in cages. Ship them to God knows where, maybe to Alligator Alcatraz.

It’s time to play hardball. Harshness will be a deterrent. Let us treat them for what they are. They are animals, pure and simple.

Obviously, I am advocating we do with our local foraging deer, real animals, what Trump and Stephen Miller do to undocumented immigrants.

Don Scott,

North Warren

Biden’s bad policy

Dear Editor,

In 1956, Hungarians rebelled against their nation’s subordination to the Soviet Union. The Soviets crushed the uprising, killing 2,500 Hungarians and forcing 200,000 to seek refuge abroad.President Dwight D. Eisenhower wisely decided against American involvement. Hungary was not a NATO member in 1956.

Neither we, nor the Soviets were about to provoke each other. Eisenhower was a five star General and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forcesin World War II. His decision was correct.

In 2022, during the Biden presidency, Russia attacked Ukraine. This was unprovoked and unjustified, as was Russia’s invasion of Crimea during the Obama years. Estimates have about 1 million Russians and 400,000 Ukrainians killed. Beyond that are life-altering injuries and billions worth of property damage.

For Russian President Vladimir Putin, that’s apparently OK. He seems to dream of restoring the Soviet Union. Why would he care about thousands of Russian families losing loved ones?

Oh, and like Hungary in ’56, Ukraine is not a NATO member. We had no obligation to get involved. But we did.

Five Congressional bills authorized $175 billion to Ukraine, mainly military equipment. A $20 billion loan was also granted. Short of putting “boots on the ground”; Ukraine is treated like a NATO ally. It’s receiving far more aid than any other nation, including Israel.

Many insist we should be involved. The case can be made. If we were neutral, it would supposedly send the message that we “don’t stand up for our allies.”

Again, Ukraine is not a NATO ally. They say Russia’s success would bring them closer to NATO members’ borders. But those borders all members would defend. It would be easier to maintain NATO security if we still had the aforementioned $195 billion plus what our allies have given.

And recall the up to $80 billion lost after Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. If Putin wins anyway, we’ll wish we had those funds.

Our compassion for Ukraine is appropriate. But some worrisome possibilities are looming.

Putin was emboldened by Biden’s weakness. He witnessed the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. Biden crippled American energy production by shutting down the Keystone XL pipeline and oil and gas leases on federal lands. He interrupted shipments of liquefied natural gas to Europe. This made Europe more dependent on Russia for energy which helped fund Putin’s war. In Alaska, Putin admitted he wouldn’t have started the war if Trump had been in office.

Trump’s critics, in speech or in writing, follow the same pattern:disingenuous, even slanderous; tiresome; sometimes nearly hysterical. That’s easier than trying to celebrate the disgraceful fecklessness of Biden-Kamala Harris.

Terry D. Hallock

Warren