Pure evil
Vladmir Putin is pure evil. He has killed his own people to gain power. He only knows violence and power. He lies and all his promises are lies. Diplomacy is a waste of time with Putin. It just allows him time to set up an invasion.
Did the world learn nothing from Adolf Hitler’s ruses and lies? The more land and people under Putin’s control the more power he will have. At some point no nation or number of nations will be able to stop him.
Sanctions will not work. Worthless. Wait and see you say. Yeah sure. They worked so well on other nations. Iran. China. Putin only understands power. He does not respond to diplomacy.
So either the U.S. and NATO get their military reaction together or they can watch as Putin rolls over all the lost Soviet states one by one and then, Europe.
Good luck with that.
Putin (reportedly) has Parkinson’s. But he won’t retire from power. Too much still to conquer and control. One can hope that his disease stops his military adventures. But Parkinson’s is not will stop Putin. Military power might be able to stop him if done soon enough. Maybe.
I really hate war because I am a vet and have seen the misery it causes. But if peace cannot be sustained, then war may be the only alternative.
Tom Beach
Waimea
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Change is difficult, but often good
Colin Luck’s Thursday response to Feb. 20 letter makes several good points based on personal experience. The development of battery capacity will solve most of these problems in a relatively short time. The cost of batteries and of recharging has to be weighed against the cost of gasoline and oil and climate damage in the long run. Mikie Kerr’s complaints seemed to center around her annoyance at government mandates while Luck’s seem to be about timing. Ironically, Kerr complains that Hawaii is always the last to switch over at the same time she complains that with two-stroke engines it should not switch at all. Luck, on the other hand, seems to realize that the switch is inevitable and complains that batteries need more capacity and Li-ion batteries can’t be shipped to Hawaii, although Hawaii merchants can obtain and sell them now.
Change is difficult and disruptive, but often good. I would not go back to buying new incandescent light bulbs every four months instead of having LCD ones lasting years and using less electricity. But remember only a few years ago the political movement to stop the switchover. Seems silly now.
John Sucke
Waimea
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