Letter | The US and NATO let ‘never again’ happen again in Ukraine – The Daily Progress

When Mr. Chimp and Mr. Gorilla meet on the jungle path, who yields right-of-way? You got it. Law of the jungle. Sadly, the U.S. and NATO fail to understand that this is the law that Vladimir Putin operates by. Had they, instead of a war in Ukraine, we would have witnessed a bloodless victory for democracy in Europe. Putin (Mr. Chimp) may be a murderous dictator, but he is no fool. The 200-pound chump would never have challenged the 800-pound gorilla (the U.S. and NATO) had Mr. G told the chump that if he invaded Ukraine he would be met by Ukrainian and NATO forces. Mr. G could have offered to negotiate on disputed territories in eastern Ukraine as a face-saving gesture for Putin to further encourage Mr. C to make the right decision.

The best and the brightest have done it again. The U.S. State Department, which carries major sway in NATO decisions, has committed another major foreign policy blunder. By its "politically correct" act of omission, we now witness and are responsible in large part for the needless deaths, destruction, unfathomable human suffering, waste of taxpayer dollars and irreparable environmental degradation that continues to take place in Ukraine. Shame on the U.S. and NATO for standing by and not preventing this easily preventable war, and allowing "never again" to happen again.

Dan Falwell

Albemarle County

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