Letters To The Editor: Have We Failed On Russia?
"Not letting Ukraine into NATO had more to do with the US being afraid of Putin than Ukraine's government."
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Unsurprisingly, much of the discussion on The Banter this past week was centered on Russia.
A reader blames the West for what is happening in Ukraine:
During WW2 America knew about what was happening to Jews and others and twiddled their thumbs. And yes, the west abandoned Eastern Europe after war, in the 50s and 60s, practically in the Balkans and now Ukraine. We missed a chance with Gorbachev and Yeltsin and never should have trusted the murderer Putin. Once KGB always KGB. I'm disgusted with the Republicans AND Democrats. No excuse for Trump and Fox - half the US will follow them no matter what, and you can't reason with them. Though look at the UK. What did they do after the Litvinenko and Novichok poisonings? Nothing. A British citizen died…