Congress finally passes aid to Ukraine: Letters to the Editor April 25, 2024
The Issue: The House passing $60 billion in aid to help fund Ukraine’s war against Russia.It took courage for Johnson to ignore that Sword of Damocles — which Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene and her far-right colleagues placed over his head — and push through aid to Ukraine (“Nyet, Moscow Marjorie,” April 21).Johnson tried to tie this national-security aid package to a meaningful border-security measure, but that horse had already left the stable when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer allowed the GOP’s 2023 HR 2 bill to die on the vine in the Senate.And Johnson was right to reject that bogus Schumer-Lankford immigration bill that merely codified Biden’s open-border catastrophe.Too bad Johnson didn’t raise a red flag about Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s reckless talk of Ukraine joining NATO.That’s a formula for escalation that will sink any prospect for a negotiated peace.
James HylandBeechhurstEveryone knows that Ukraine has long had a reputation for corruption at the highest levels in its government (“$95.3B foreign aid to Joe desk,” April 24).The reason why so many Republicans do not support further aid to Ukraine is because Ukraine can’t be trusted.According to the Biden administration, if Ukraine doesn’t receive the aid, it could lose the war by the end of the year.So, since the United States finally agreed to send $60 billion in aid, will this now result in a Ukraine victory by year’s end?If there’s no victory by then, will Zelensky make further demands for even more billions from the US taxpayers?Aid to Ukraine should have stopped two years ago.It’s like shoveling sand against the tide, and US taxpayers are still waiting to see whether this so-called investment will ever yield any substantial results.J.
J.CrovattoRamsey, NJRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson’s courage in passing aid to Ukraine gives hope this may be a springtime of desperately needed responsible leadership.If the ancient, former President Donald...