The issue: Governor Ron DeSantis’ comment that the war between Russia and Ukraine is a “territorial dispute.”
I would really like to commend The Post for keeping the war in Ukraine on its front page, especially after the alarming remarks of Florida Governor Ron Desantis (“Ron’s Sad Ukraine Dodge,” Editorial Board, March 15).
I understand that he will probably be the first to win the Republican primary, but he’ll lose the general election in 2024 on this path.
Are you able to imagine what form of world we could be living in today if President Ronald Reagan had said, “Let’s not become involved on this territorial dispute,” as a substitute of “Break down this wall”?
Daniel Kuncio
Tribeca
Contrary to your March 15 editorial, I feel former President Trump and Governor DeSantis are right.
Let’s not let the media push us into an unnecessary, unwinnable and potentially disastrous war with Russia.
Please keep in mind that Russian President Vladimir Putin is just one among dozens of ruthless dictators on this planet.
Robert Miller
Princeton, NJ
DeSantis is incorrect to suggest that support for Ukraine affects other issues, reminiscent of securing our southern border – as if it were an either-or situation.
During the construct-up to World War II, Adolf Hitler might have been stopped before he conquered almost the entire European continent had the United States stepped in.
Leaving the attacked countries of Europe to fight alone led to the biggest war in history. Allowing Hitler to occupy “only a small piece” of Czechoslovakia was the only incentive he needed to attack other countries.
Putin has learned from history. He took from Ukraine only “a small piece” of Moldova and Georgia and “only” Donbass and Crimea. The West has done nothing. So why not take all of Ukraine? What’s next?
No, Governor DeSantis, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is removed from a “territorial dispute” – as the defenseless nations of Europe who were victims of Hitler’s aggression know well.
Mary Middleton
Covington, La.
Often as a staunch supporter of The Post’s opinion, I object to the arguments made in your editorial.
You claim that a nation with a budget of $7 trillion can assist Ukraine. But you do not mention our growing budget deficits since COVID. Nor do you mention our national debt, which exceeds $30 trillion.
We won’t cope with our own problems. Unusual illegal immigration, fentanyl deaths, inflation and the collapse of economic institutions before our eyes.
Not only can we not walk and chew gum at the same time, but our failures show that we cannot do it independently.
The argument that a Russian success means China will move to overthrow other nations reeks of the logic we utilized in Vietnam and the Middle East. And doesn’t giving freely our technology make us weaker?
While I feel terrible for the Ukrainian people and condemn Putin’s invasion, DeSantis is correct.
Ed Simnor
Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Let me explain. Ron DeSantis, an Ivy alumnus, believes that getting involved in the war in Ukraine isn’t in the interest of the United States, a rustic that has incited NATO in anticipation of just such aggressive, militant behavior?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation, is tantamount to a “territorial dispute” in DeSantis’s mind. Are the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers, reminiscent of the bombing of orphanages and nurseries, and the resulting deaths of so many Ukrainian children, just a part of this dispute?
I do not think he would mind if Canada tried to re-annex “territories” like the Upper Peninsula and Detroit.
Lou Maione
Manhattan
I don’t agree with the continuation of the ongoing quagmire in Ukraine.
Have we forgotten the incrementalism in Vietnam where we kept upping the ante to support a corrupt regime?
As an alternative of prolonging it “so long as it takes,” we should always ask, “Why did it take so long?”
We’ll find yourself losing excess of the 58,000 who died in vain in the jungle.
James Evans
Worcester, Mass.
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