Peaceniks should go live in Russia

It is regrettable the view of NATO as a tool of American aggression is now appearing in Canada.

NATO, in fact, remains an important deterrent to aggressive states seeking to destroy Western democratic values and nation states.

As is evident after two years of a war in Ukraine by what can only be described as genocide by Russia, without a NATO deterrent the expansion of the Russian Empire would likely go unchecked.

Canada should be wary of an expansionist Russia at its northern boundaries and the propaganda the Kremlin uses to promote disinformation and instability.

Canada would be better served by withdrawing from the United Nations — a body that has sadly become a forum for aggressive states like Russia that threaten nuclear war against the West and proclaim non-existent existential threats to their existence.

Peaceniks would be well advised that Ukrainians having been subjected to the errors of the Soviet Union are fighting for freedoms and NATO membership for good reason.

Perhaps it is time for those who see NATO as evil to go and live in Russia to fully understand that authoritarianism is far worse than living in a country that is part of the NATO alliance.

Grant Dorosh,

Stony Plain, Alta.