Letter to the editor: We must continue to support Ukraine

It’s been a year since Russia unleashed its horrific violence against Ukraine. Yet it has not succeeded in subduing that nation due to American military aid and the fighting resolve of Ukraine’s people. Although the war is financially costly for America, Putin’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine, like Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, could not go unanswered. America, citadel of democracy, must stand by a democratic people who have the will to fight and win.

Most Americans realize what is at stake in supporting Ukraine against Putin. But some Putin sympathizers, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Tucker Carlson, would stop our aid to Ukraine and allow Russia a bloody victory. They are clueless to understand that if Ukraine were to fall to Russian aggression, other nations would follow, bringing us ever closer to World War III.

By aiding Ukraine now, no American troops are necessary or asked for. But, if Russia is allowed to violate another nation’s sovereignty, we will have returned to the same provocations that started World War II, leading to certain American involvement, a wider war and, eventually, American deaths.

Yes, the cost of aid to Ukraine is high but cannot compare to the cost of doing nothing. It is time the Putin lovers realize that helping Ukraine now is only saving American lives later.

Ron Slabe

Oakmont