I l blame Biden

I recently wrote two letters to the editors, which were published. The first was before the Russian Invasion trying to prevent a war from starting. Ukraine, from what I have gleaned was not going to join NATO anyway, so why not say as much and remove this excuse from Putin to invade. The second was after it started. I tried to state a reasonable idea of ending the conflict short of a major war between NATO and Russia. In many ways it is happening. I have a real concern with members of both parties and the news media thinking Biden’s idea of having Poland give old MIG planes to Ukraine and replacing with more modern planes is a good idea. To me it is insanity. Why give Putin an excuse to also start bombing Poland No matter who is the pilot, a warplane flying from Poland to Ukraine would be a provocation. We have avoided a nuclear conflict for 75 years. Only a few like me were alive and old enough to understand WWII and the following Cold War. 75 million lost their lives during that war. A nuclear war could create casualties’ far exceeding these. I lay the blame on Biden and his feckless associates who care more about the color of someone’s skin or sexual orientation and teaching our children that if they are white they are the oppressor and if black you are a victim, than any of the real serious concerns he should be dealing with. Under his leadership crime is rampant and out of control all over the country. The great progress in race relations that had been achieved over the decades after the legislation that was enacted in 1965 has been lost and the divide is greater than ever. There was absolutely no reason for this. I believe it was done deliberately starting with Obama. You can take issue with this comment but it is my informed opinion. Biden has done all he could to decrease our ability to be self-sufficient in energy starting his first day in office. He is even now asking Venezuela, Iran and Saudi Arabia to increase their production, total insanity. Had we continued increasing our search for energy at home, inflation that is destroying our economy would not have occurred. Russia would not be flush with funds to conduct a war if we and Europe were not so dependent on their oil and gas. Europe is also too blame for shutting down their nuclear power plants. We were exporting natural gas to Europe. Whatever Trump did to increase oil and gas in America was deliberately undone out of hatred for Trump and the green deal exponents to the detriment of America, as if we alone could solve the problem while China and other nations continue on their merry way adding coal plants. Friends keep making excuses for Biden and refuse to accept that his policies have brought us the highest inflation and gas prices in forty years. One friend said he brought dignity to the office as if that is more important than the pain we and the world are suffering. Ukraine would not have been invaded had Biden not ended the Afghanistan war as he did. We are sending billions in armaments to Ukraine and another 13 billion for relief. None of this should have been necessary. With China and Russia now as allies our punitive efforts will be countered by their increased trade. Should Poland overstep their efforts to aid Ukraine they might become the next target. If so, the end of the world may be just a short time away. In the meantime I and I believe most of us are excited about March madness. Jack B. Walters March 10, 2022